'24/7 Fear' with Astead Herndon

Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir

The Recount

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Amanda and Faiz speak with Astead Herndon, a national politics reporter for the New York Times, political analyst for CNN, and guest host of "The Daily."

The trio talk about two voting rights bills – the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act – and discuss why some members of the Congressional Black Caucus have expressed hesitation at some of the more transformational elements of the For the People Act. Then, they get into the Democrats' disastrous down-ballot performances in the past 10+ years, what the Republican base really wants, and whether or not winning elections is enough to save American from itself. It's a raw, incisive conversation and one where Amanda, Faiz, and Astead don't pull any of their punches.

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0:00.0	I'm Fashikir.
0:05.0	I'm Amanda Litman.
0:07.0	And this is Battleground, a podcast from the recount and I heart radio.
0:14.3	This week we talk to Estad Hrenden, a set as a national political reporter for the New
0:17.8	York Times and he's a political analyst for CNN.
0:20.8	He is also one of the new hosts, a rotating host of the Daily.
0:24.4	Congrats to Estad on that wonderful new role at the Daily.
0:27.5	Just a reminder to all of our listeners that we have a call in line where you can leave
0:31.7	us a voicemail.
0:32.7	It's 929-399-6748.
0:37.5	Also if you'd like to email us, we're at Battleground at the recount.com.
0:41.8	We heard back from a few of you last week and thank you for that and you've certainly helped
0:45.6	shape and influence how we might be thinking about future podcast episodes.
0:49.0	So reach out to us, one here from you.
0:51.1	We had a really fun, wide-ranging conversation with Estad and we wanted to set up some of the
0:55.9	issues that we talked about.
0:57.6	So to start with, Faz, can you explain what the John Lewis Voting Rights Act or HR4
1:03.0	is, how it's different from the For the People Act, which is also commonly known as HR1.
1:08.5	And in particular, why some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are hesitating
1:13.3	at the For the People Act?
1:14.9	The For the People Act is a very comprehensive bill.
1:17.5	It does a lot of different things.
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