With Donald Trump’s victory this week, many people looked at the election results and thought, yeah, this is the country I thought it was. For some people, that was a hopeful thing. For others, kind of the opposite. This week, we talked with people who helped make it happen and some who are looking to what’s next. Prologue: Ira talks with Zoe Chace about watching Trump’s victory from an ecstatic room in Michigan. Then he checks in with a DC cop who was injured at the Capitol on January 6. (7 minutes) Act One: Trump has claimed that he will be able to deport between 15 and 20 million people. But neither he nor his team have spelled out exactly how they’d do it. Producer Nadia Reiman looked into what mass deportation could actually look like on the ground if and when it comes to pass. (17 minutes) Act Two: Trump won record numbers of Latino voters this year. Ike Sriskandarajah spent the day with a guy in Pennsylvania who's been working to bring Latino voters to Trump for years. (15 minutes) Act Three: Ira talks with two of Trump’s “political enemies” about their post-election plans. (8 minutes) Act Four: Ten different states had abortion rights measures on their ballots this election. Producer Miki Meek got curious about a particular kind of political ad that aired in many of those states and called up a few of the women whose stories were featured in them. (9 minutes)
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In today's episode of the show.
If you prefer a beeped version, you can find that at our website, thisamericanlife.org so this week, lots of people looked at the election results and thought, yeah, this is the country that I thought it was.
And for some people, that was a really hopeful thing.
And others, kind of the opposite.
And let's start with the winners.
I'm joined in the studio right now by Zoe Chase.
Hello.
Hey there, Zoe.
So election night, you and I were in Michigan together, and you got to go to the Republican victory party.
I did.
Let's bring in the sound.
There it is.
As I walk in, the polls were closing.