Election Ride Home

Thu. 08/15 – Hickenlooper Drops Out

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Episode notes

Hickenlooper drops out, the Steve King stuff in Iowa, and O’Rourke rules out a Senate run.

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• Hickenlooper’s announcement: “Thank You” (YouTube/John Hickenlooper)
• A Democratic 2020 contender denounces socialism — and gets booed (WaPo)
• Hickenlooper booed for saying socialism isn't the answer (CNN)
• Bernie Sanders and John Hickenlooper debate democratic socialism during debate (Politico)
• Democratic Debate: John Hickenlooper Calls Current Immigration Policies 'Kidnapping' | NBC New York (YouTube/NBC New York)
• Hickenlooper Plans to End Democratic Presidential Campaign (WSJ)
• U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?' [includes full speech video] (Des Moines Register)
• Steve King Asks if There Would Be ‘Any Population’ Left Without Rape and Incest (NYT)
• O’Rourke relaunches his campaign (Periscope/Beto O’Rourke)
• O’Rourke speech [posted later, better audio] (Beto for America)
• O’Rourke thread with some text from his speech (Twitter/Beto O’Rourke)
• Eric Bradner tweet with O’Rourke quote as image (Twitter/Eric Bradner)