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What coronavirus shows about American exceptionalism

Clip: 7/8/2020 | 13m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

What the U.S. coronavirus response says about American exceptionalism

Coronavirus cases in Florida, Arizona and South Carolina are increasing faster than in any other country in the world, reigniting the debate over American exceptionalism. Nick Schifrin talks to former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda, former Hungarian ambassador to the U.S. Réka Szemerkényi and Maina Kiai, a human rights and anti-corruption lawyer previously with the United Nations.

07/08/2020

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