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It's the NPR Politics podcast.
I'm Susan Davis.
I cover politics.
And I'm Mara Liasson, senior national political.
Correspondent and longtime friend of the podcast.
Clay Masters of Minnesota Public Radio is joining us tonight.
Happy to be here.
And it is 11:13 p.m.
central time on Wednesday, August 21, and the third night of the democratic convention has just wrapped.
But as you can hear in the background, the Minnesota delegation is still celebrating.
And the big speech of tonight, of course, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
When Republicans use the word freedom, they mean that the government should be free to invade your doctor's office, corporations free to pollute your air and water and banks, free to take advantage of customers.
But when we Democrats talk about freedom, we mean the freedom to make a better life for yourself and the people that you love, freedom to make your own healthcare decisions and, yeah, your kids freedom to go to school without worrying about being shot dead in the hall.
Clay this speech for him was an introduction to the nation, and it was striking to me how much of it focused more on his personal life story than maybe his record as governor.
Well, yeah, I mean, as of two weeks ago, I mean, this guy was a relatively unknown entity in politics across the country.