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Josh Shapiro: “I think division is popular in part because some of those…”

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Josh Shapiro on ICE in Minnesota, his personal faith, and winning swing districts in the midterms

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I'm just wondering, like, what is your thesis statement for why everyone is so angry and why so many politicians who lean into division and the personal attacks are so popular and powerful right now? I think division is popular in part because some of those elected leaders aren't taking cues from the people they represent. The kind of people I write about in this book. Two, I think present company excluded, a lot of the media is out there fomenting that division, encouraging the division … (34:06–34:15)

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Asserts that division is popular because elected leaders are not taking cues from the people they represent.

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