368: Oorah! with JoAnna Mendoza

About this episode

James and Al discuss political updates and interview JoAnna Mendoza about her military background and community issues.

James and Al give an update on the Democratic prospects for the midterms, the waning influence of Donald Trump amid Republican remorse, the Iran war, and the Supreme Court’s attack on voting rights. Then, they welcome retired USMC Gunnery Sergeant and Drill Instructor, AZ-06 congressional candidate, JoAnna Mendoza, to discuss life in the Marines and her experience growing up in poverty, the affordability challenges spanning healthcare, energy, and the overall cost of living in her community, immigration, the need for widespread reform, and her vision for the future. Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon . Make sure to include your city– we love to hear where you’re from! More from James and Al: Get text updates from Politics War Room and Politicon. Watch Politics War Room & James Carville Explains on YouTube. James Carville & Al Hunt have launched the Politics War Room Substack Get updates and some great behind-the-scenes content from the documentary CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID by following James on X @jamescarville and his new TikTok @realjamescarville Get More From This Week’s Guest: JoAnna Mendoze…

People in this episode

Hosts: James Carville, Al Hunt

Guest: JoAnna Mendoza

Topics covered

• Democratic prospects
• Republican remorse
• Iran war
• Supreme Court
• voting rights
• military experience
• affordability challenges

Keywords

• midterms
• Donald Trump
• voting rights
• healthcare
• immigration
• reform
• cost of living

Sponsors

Quince, Miracle Made

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USMC, Politicon

Places: AZ-06

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