Anna good tuesday morning. My name is anna palmer, i am coauthor of the politico playbook. I am joined by my coauthor, jake sherman. And welcome to a special addiction of the playbook interview, election countdown. Joining us this morning is House Democratic whip jim clyburn of South Carolina, and former attorney general eric holder, who now is chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. You can follow this conversation on social media, and using the hashtag politico election countdown, and share your questions by tweeting at politico live. Jake what an election it has been so far, and what a next month it will be. The contort of this contest between the President Donald Trump and joe biden continues to be upended almost every day. As we sit here less than 30 days before the election, President Trump and a growing number of his inner circle, practically his entire inner circle has been diagnosed with covid19. Biden, who has largely been off the campaign trail, is now on t
America for making these conversations possible and thank you for joining us on these many platforms. You can find us on twitter. Our first guest is senator tim kaine of the commonwealth of virginia, one of only 30 people who has served as mayor, governor, and United States senator. And how is this for a fun fact . Asave been his constituent mayor, governor, and now as my senator. Senator kaine, welcome to axios. Sen. Kaine mike, its great to be back. We talked about how election day is now election month, i saw some pictures of you earlier in the county, my old stomping grounds outside of richmond voting and you are out there with congresswoman abigail stan , the numbers for early votingf. I think virginia might be leading the nation starting in person voting on the 18th of september, male were returned by the 18th of september, people understand that stakes are so high the selection i think you will see a dramatic increase in turnout over four years. And second because people are wor
This. And hear your questions by tweeting at politico, live. What a next month it will be. The contest between the President Trump and joe biden seems to be upended every day, as we sit here less than 30 days, and practice his inner circle with covid19. And biden has been on the stump and going gettysburg, pennsylvania, and there are increasing concerns about absentee voting. And the news of the day, lets get started. All right, congressman clyburn weve got a lot to talk about with the election and voting. The news of the day, coronavirus continues to rage and infiltrated the u. S. Capitol, three senators have been diagnosed with covid19. And the Democratic Leadership, to implement mandatory testing. Where do you stand on this . Do you think that there should be mandatory testing for members and staff . And thank you for having me, congratulations to the two of you that you all may be looking towards greener pastures, but congratulations on the good run here. But let me say this, nancy
With jim clyburn and former attorney general eric holder who chairs the democratic Redistricting Committee. A look at 2020 election, mailin ballots, black and minority communities. The democrats priorities before and after the election. This is about 25 minutes. s tuesday morning, i am coauthor of the politico playbook. Welcome to the special addiction of the playbook interview. Joining us is jim clyburn of South Carolina and former attorney general eric holder, who now is chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. You can follow this conversation on social media. Share your questions by tweeting at politico live. What an election a has been so far. Conflict between joe biden in President Trump continues to be upended, as we sit here less than 30 days before the election. Hisident trump practically entire circle has been diagnosed with covid19. Gettysburg,to pennsylvania today. There are increasing concerns about absentee voting. We will talk about all of these things an
Access innd voter majority communities. This is about 25 minutes. Ofquick some coauthor politico and joined by my coauthor. Is jim us this morning clyburn of South Carolina and former attorney general eric of the now in the chair National Democratic Redistricting Committee. You can follow the conversation on social media using the politico election countdown. What an election it has been so far. The contest continues to be upended almost every day as we sit are less than 30 days before the election. Practically the entire inner circle has been diagnosed with covid19. Are increasing concerns about absentee voting and we will talk about all these things and a few quick news of the day questions at the top, so lets get started. Clyburn, weve got a lot to talk about with regard to the election and voting. Coronavirus continues to rage and it is now infiltrated the u. S. Capitol. From has been hesitancy them credit leadership on mandatory testing. Where do you stand on this . Do you think t