Ep. 603 — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has made waves—and won elections—by questioning who gets to be an expert on the needs of everyday Americans. She grew up in Texas and attended Reed College before settling in rural Washington and opening an auto repair shop with her husband. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez joined David to talk about her upbringing as the homeschooled daughter of conservative Evangelical parents, her disdain for “staffer bros” with limited lived experience, the value of being immersed in her community, and what Democrats can learn about the importance of respect in winning—and keeping—voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.7	And now from the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and CNN Audio, The Axliles, with your host, David Axelrod.
0:45.9	Since November 5th, there's been a lot of discussion in Democratic Party circles about what happened and the lessons that should be drawn. Well, I want you to meet a
0:56.5	young leader who might provide some clues. Marie Glucencamp Perez is a congresswoman from
1:02.6	timber country in southeast Washington State and one of the most thoughtful and independent-minded
1:08.0	Democrats in Congress. She owns an auto repair shop with her husband
1:12.5	and speaks for and with and not at her constituents. That's why she has for the second straight
1:19.0	election defied the tide to win in a district Trump has carried three straight times. Here's our
1:24.2	conversation.
1:32.5	Congresswoman, it is, it's great to meet you.
1:37.0	As I told you before we were rolling, I've been wanting to for a very long time because you've been saying things that made a lot of sense to me, and those things have been
1:41.8	underscored, I think, by what we saw in the last election.
1:44.7	But before we get into all of that, I want to talk a little bit about your journey
1:49.7	and how you came to be who you are and think the way you think.
1:56.6	And so let's talk a little bit about that.
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