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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Which 2020 Underdogs Stand a Chance? (LIVE from NYC)

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

New York Times, Journalism, News, Society & Culture, Ross Douthat

4.07.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What should U.S. immigration policy look like? The columnists debate Kirstjen Nielsen's resignation, Trump's xenophobia and Obama's legacy on immigration live on stage at the Times Center in New York. Then, in response to listener voicemail, Ross, Michelle and David discuss the 2020 candidacies of Pete Buttigieg, Kirsten Gillibrand, Andrew Yang, Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument. For tickets to our live show in Boston, visit https://timesevents.nytimes.com/theargumentboston.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello argument listeners. Michelle Ross and I have a special episode for you this week.

0:04.2

It's the sold out live show that we taped last week at the time center in New York.

0:08.7

We deliberately chose some big topics that would age well.

0:11.8

First, the politics of immigration.

0:14.0

And second, your voicemail questions about the 2020 Democratic candidates.

0:18.3

And our responses to your questions.

0:20.6

We also had a lot of fun interacting with the audience after we were done taping.

0:24.2

So much fun that we have already scheduled our next live show in Boston on May 29th.

0:30.0

Stay tuned for information on how to buy tickets.

0:32.6

And yes, we are looking at doing future shows in other cities.

0:36.8

We're releasing this episode a day earlier than normal.

0:39.5

We'll be back next week to talk about the Mueller report and more.

0:43.6

Now for this week's show.

0:53.4

I'm Michelle Goldberg.

0:55.2

I'm Ross Douthet.

0:56.9

I'm David Leigh Unhardt.

0:58.7

And this is the argument.

1:00.9

Live.

1:08.4

This week, President Trump's obsession with immigration has reached a new stage.

1:13.5

He is threatening to shut down the Mexican border and his secretary of homeland security,

1:18.6

Kirsten Nielsen resigned this week.

1:21.2

It doesn't seem to have been totally voluntary.

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