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Rahm Emanuel

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3560 total appearances

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Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

You tell me the amount of coverage of that versus the amount of coverage on a bathroom, a locker room, or a sport, as your question indicated.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

I will also say number two to you.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

I've been in Iowa at a front yard, 400 people.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Two hours of questions.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

I was in Waterbury, Mississippi.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Standing room only.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

About an hour and a half.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

So I've taken about 40 questions.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Nobody has ever asked me a single question about bathroom, locker room, or sports.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Every time I get within 202 area code, it's the second or third question.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

So that's number one.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

It's not a priority, and American people actually feel in their bones what's missing in education.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Now, I'm a mayor.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

In 2016, a full decade ago, I passed an ordinance on bathroom access, but it never allowed it to distract me from high school graduation rates, reading scores, and math scores.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

I was the ambassador, led one of the largest embassies in the United States across the world.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

We were a very welcoming community, inclusive, but I never allowed it to be a digression from our mission of serving the U.S.-Japan alliance and building it stronger and better for the 21st century.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Never.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Now, did I go from acceptance to advocacy?

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

No.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

That wasn't the job.