Former Congressman Charlie Dent Joins Matt O'Donnell on the Travel Mug Podcast

Charlie Dent resigned from his US House seat in the Lehigh Valley in May of 2018, leaving Congress eight months before his term expired. Dent explained to some that he was "exhausted."

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The Republican joins me on the Travel Mug Podcast to talk about how moderates like him are dying off in Washington, why it is dangerous to build a party around a person rather than issues, who is on the GOP bench in a post-Trump world, if the Democrats ever asked him to switch parties, and why other countries, particularly in Europe, are experiencing the same things as the US: the polarization of politics, tribalism and extreme views on immigration.

Dent, now a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to Matt at his office at the Perry World House on the Penn campus.

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We have nearly a dozen other episodes featuring other movers, shakers, leaders, newsmakers and thinkers of the Philadelphia area.

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