Hallway Talks with John Gershman: Dissecting the 2020 Election Rhetorics and False Republican Narratives

Policy analysis and political hot-takes lead NYU Wagner MPA candidates Rhea Almeida and Luisa Portugal on a journey into the false narratives introduced by members of the Republican Party, and unexpected turn of events involving the upcoming 2020 United States presidential election. NYU Clinical Professor of Public Service John Gershman analyzes the 2020 Republican National Convention held last week, the politics of the Affordable Care Act – known as ObamaCare, the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and much more. He also emphasizes the importance of voting by mail early, and voting altogether. 

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John Gershman is a Clinical Professor of Public Service and the Director of International Capstone Programs at Wagner. He is also a co-founding member of the New York Southeast Asia Network. Previously he was the Director of the Global Affairs Program at the International Relations Center and the Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, a progressive think tank on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. He has worked at a series of nonprofit think tanks since the early 1990s, including the Institute for Food and Development Policy and Partners in Health. He is a co-founder of the New York Southeast Asia Network.