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WUNCPolitics podcast: Coat Tails And Bad Tweets

WUNC | By Dave DeWitt
Published July 29, 2016 at 11:23 AM EDT
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Coat-tail riding has begun, as candidates for statewide races fully embrace Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and a social media gaffe highlights the growing role of non-traditional campaigning.

Also on this episode of the WUNCPolitics Podcast, Governor Pat McCrory doubles down on HB2, the DNC convention starts off divided, and - in a rare show of bipartisan agreement - the two candidates for Governor agree that the Big 12 conference should invite East Carolina University to join.

Managing Editor For News Dave DeWitt is joined by Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii to talk about the week's news.WUNCPolitics Podcast, Episode 11

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Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt is WUNC's Feature News Editor. As an editor, reporter, and producer he's covered politics, environment, education, sports, and a wide range of other topics.
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