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Deep Background podcast: Plaza protests and the race for Kansas’ U.S. Senate seat

Religious leaders joined the protesters Tuesday at the George Floyd protest at the Country Club Plaza where they kneeled together.
Religious leaders joined the protesters Tuesday at the George Floyd protest at the Country Club Plaza where they kneeled together. Shelly Yang syang@kcstar.com

Kansas City is just one of about 100 cities where demonstrators are taking to the streets in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The Star’s Mara Rose Williams talks about what she saw at the Country Club Plaza. McClatchy Washington bureau reporter Bryan Lowry also joins Dave Helling and Derek Donovan to talk about Roger Marshall, Bob Hamilton and the race for the Senate in Kansas.

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Dave Helling
Opinion Contributor,
The Kansas City Star
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Dave Helling has covered politics in Kansas and Missouri for four decades. He has worked in television news, and is a regular contributor to local broadcast programs. Helling writes editorials and columns for the Star, and is the co-host of the weekly “4Star Politics” show. He was awarded the 2018 ASNE Burl Osborne award for editorial leadership.
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