What Ben Rhodes has said about Frederick Douglass's Composite Nation speech
1 quote · 1 episode · May 31, 2026
Ben Rhodes, Former Obama speechwriter and deputy national security adviser, Crooked Media co-host and author of "All We Say", has been quoted on Frederick Douglass's Composite Nation speech once in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on May 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rhodes argued that Douglass's unpopular defense of Chinese immigrants may have ultimately prevailed despite the Chinese Exclusion Act.
“Maybe because he went high and he went big, maybe he won in the end”
Pod Save America: What Does it Mean to Be an American? (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:04
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What Does it Mean to Be an American?Pod Save America · May 31, 2026 · 1 h 20 min
Jon Favreau talks with Ben Rhodes about his book "All We Say," tracing the 250-year argument over American identity through fifteen consequential speeches.
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