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Podcast: The Conversation with Dasha Burns
Episode: Sen. Ruben Gallego wants to make Democrats fun again
Description: When Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) won his Senate seat in 2024, he outperformed Kamala Harris in one of the closest battleground states in the country.Â
Now that he’s in Washington, Gallego’s background is particularly relevant at this moment in politics. With the Iran War intensifying, Gallego offers his perspective as an Iraq War veteran on Trump’s military operation. And as a Latino Democratic senator of a border state, Gallego has a distinctive outlook on immigration, with criticism for his own party as well as the GOP.Â
Sen. Gallego sat down with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns...