Pete Buttigieg on the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress, and Where They Go from Here
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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and the New Yorker. Welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Conventional wisdom in politics. Well, He can turn on a dime. As we've just seen.
Weeks ago on this program we were raising serious questions about whether free and fair midterm elections would even take place. Now Call it a tsunami, call it an earthquake, what have you. The Democrats will hold large majorities in the House of Representatives. And the Senate.
Maybe most shocking of all the president skipped right over denial. And immediately began finger pointing at his allies. Something And someone to blame for the defeat. Our guest today, Pete Buttigieg, is no stranger to quick turns in politics. In a few months of twenty nineteen he went from running a small Indiana city, South Bend
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