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Mayoral Candidates Make 'Elevator Pitches;' All the Endorsements You Need; Catholics Discuss Conservative Push to Ban President Biden From Taking Communion

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 21, 2021

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Eight of the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for mayor give a last minute “elevator pitch,” especially to reach undecided voters. Candidates joining include Kathryn Garcia, Eric Adams, Scott Stringer, Dianne Morales, Maya Wiley, Andrew Yang, Shaun Donovan and Ray McGuire.

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    Listeners -- especially voters who are still undecided a day before the mayoral primary election -- call in to talk about whether any of the candidates' elevator pitches moved them.
  • Jeff Coltin, senior reporter at City & State and co-author of the campaign confidential newsletter, runs through major endorsements won by mayoral, city council, comptroller and borough president candidates. 
  • A group of conservative Catholic bishops have laid the groundwork to deny President Biden communion over his support of abortion rights. Catholics call in to discuss whether they think it's justified or hypocritical.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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