Politically Speaking: Sen. Nasheed on why Democrats should want Greitens to go
On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome back Sen. Jamilah Nasheed to the show for the fourth time. Nasheed represents roughly half of the city of St. Louis. The Democratic...
Politically Speaking · St. Louis Public Radio
April 9, 201843m 49s
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome back Sen. Jamilah Nasheed to the show for the fourth time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nasheed represents roughly half of the city of St. Louis. The Democratic official was first elected to her state Senate post in 2012, and was re-elected in 2016.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After news broke that Gov. Eric Greitens had an extramarital affair before he was elected to office, Nasheed was one of the first Missouri politicians to call for the GOP chief executive’s resignation. But <a href= "http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/more-republicans-call-governor-step-down-while-democrats-step-back#stream/0"> she said later in February</a> that “Democrats, they want to play it out all the way until November,” a reference to how some in her party want to use the governor’s political woes for their electoral benefit.</span></p>