Night 2: Coast to Coast Roll Call, Military Brass for Biden, and Meet The Candidate

WNYC's Special Convention Coverage 2020 | Aug 19, 2020

On Today's Show:
- Joan Walsh, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and a CNN political contributor, and Catie Edmondson, a congressional reporter for the New York Times, talks about the second night of the Democratic convention.
- Maria Hinojosa, host and executive producer of Latino USA, talks about the issues that matter to Latinos, a massively important voter base for Democrats and an important constituency in some key battleground states.
- Dr. Cornel West, philosopher, activist and Harvard University professor, talks about why voters to the distant left of the candidate might consider voting for him anyway.
- Tim Miller, a writer at The Bulwark and Political director of Republican Voters Against Trump, talks about whether, and how, Democrats can actually turn lifelong Republicans into Biden voters.

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