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House Lawmakers Condemn Trump's Attack on Congresswomen

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U.S. Representative Ayana Pressley responded to President Trump's recent tweet in a press conference earlier this week

This week, U. S. House lawmakers voted to condemn President Trump'srecent tweets aimed at four Democratic congresswomen as racist.

On this politics day edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Donna Hoffman of the University of Northern Iowa and Tracy Osborn of the University of Iowa about the firestorm Trump's comments created, the latest efforts to limit immigration, the enforcement of new abortion restrictions and other political headlines.

 

Also, we continue our series "Home State View" interviews regarding 2020 presidential canididates. This time,  foucsing on U. S. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado with Colorado Public Radio's  Megan Verlee.

 

 

 

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River
Katelyn Harrop is a producer for IPR's River to River and Talk of Iowa