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TO STITCH THEIR COALITION

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TOGETHER TO REMAIN A NATIONAL

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PARTY.

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WITH US NOW DEMOCRATIC

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CONGRESSWOMAN ABIGAIL SPANBERGER

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OF VIRGINIA.

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SHE WON VIRGINIA’S SEVENTH

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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT LAST

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WEEK.

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>> CONGRATULATIONS.

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HOW DID THE FINAL VOTE TALLY

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TURN OUT?

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AND WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST WAS

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THE REASON FOR IT BEING PERHAPS

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CLOSER THAN YOU’D LIKE?

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>> WELL, SO THE VOTE TALLY ENDED

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UP BEING JUST UNDER TWO POINTS.

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WE HAVE TREMENDOUS TURNOUT IN

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OUR DISTRICT.

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JUST UNDER TWO POINTS, ABOUT

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1.7.

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THERE ARE A FEW MORE PROVISIONAL

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BALLOTS COMING IN TODAY.

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BUT I WON WHICHBY 8,000 VOTES.

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RIGHT NOW THAT’S ABOUT 1.7

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POINTS.

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AND THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT THE

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CURRENT PRESIDENT, FUTURE FORMER

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PRESIDENT, WON BY ALMOST SEVEN

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POINTS BACK IN 2016.

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I AM THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC

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ELECTED IN THIS DISTRICT SINCE

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1968.

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AND IN OUR DISTRICT I FOCUS A

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LOT ON EXPLAINING THE POLICIES

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THAT I SUPPORT.

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DEMOCRATIC POLICIES FOCUSED ON

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STRENGTH NIPPING OUR HEALTH CARE

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SYSTEM, FOCUSING ON ADDRESSING

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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, FOCUS ON

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY

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ISSUES.

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AT THIS TIME, FOCUSED ON GETTING

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THE VIRUS UNDER CONTROL AND

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RESTORING STRENGTH TO OUR

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ECONOMY.

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AND IN OUR DISTRICT, A DISTRICT

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LIKE MINE WHERE PEOPLE AREN’T

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HISTORICALLY USED TO VOTING FOR

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A DEMOCRAT, THERE IS A LOT OF

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EXPLAINING THAT I DO EVERY

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SINGLE DAY TO TALK THROUGH WHAT

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OUR POLICIES ARE, WHAT OUR

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PRIORITIES ARE, AND WHY PEOPLE

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SHOULD CHANGE THEIR VOTING

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PRACTICE.

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WHY I WILL BE GOOD FOR THEIR

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FAMILY, THEIR FARM, THEIR

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COMMUNITY, AND OUR COUNTRY.

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AND I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN

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SOME CHALLENGES -- GO AHEAD,

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MIKA.

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>> WELL, ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU

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ARE GETTING RIGHT INTO THAT.

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YOU HAD SOME TOUGH WORDS FOR

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YOUR CAUCUS.

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I AM JUST WONDERING, YOU SEE IT

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ON THE LOCAL LEVEL IN TALKING TO

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YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TO THE PEOPLE

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WHO VOTED FOR YOU, THE PEOPLE

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WHO VOTED AGAINST YOU, WHAT DOES

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THE PARTY OVERALL NEED TO DO TO

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TRY NOT TO LOSE SO MUCH IN THE

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FUTURE AND TO STILL RETAIN THE

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CORE, THE ESSENCE OF WHAT THE

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PARTY IS ABOUT?

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>> WELL, I WOULD START BY SAYING

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THAT I DISAGREE, ACTUALLY, WITH

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THE CHARACTERIZATION FROM THAT

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"WASHINGTON POST" HEADLINE.

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THIS ISN’T ABOUT BLAMING ANYONE.

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THIS IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW,

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WHEN WE WENT INTO THE ELECTION

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ON NOVEMBER 3rd, THERE WERE

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DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

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AND WE HEARD IT ON THE NEWS

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MEDIA, SAW IT IN THE POLLS,

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DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO WIN, WIN

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THE SENATE, WIN THE PRESIDENCY.

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WHILE MY GOODNESS, I AM SO

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EXCITED THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE

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PRESIDENT-ELECT AND KAMALA

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HARRIS IS THE VICE

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PRESIDENT-ELECT, NOT ONLY DID WE

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NOT WIN THE SENATE, BUT WE LOST

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HOUSE SEATS THAT WE SHOULDN’T

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HAVE LOST, IN MY OPINION.

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GREAT MEMBERS WHO WERE FOCUSED

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ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO

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PEOPLE.

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AND HAD VOTED ON ISSUES THAT

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MATTER TO PEOPLE.

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AND WHAT I EXPRESSED TO MY

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COLLEAGUES IS THIS IS A PLACE WE

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NEED TO DO AN AFTER ACTION

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REPORT ABOUT HOW WE THOUGHT WHAT

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WOULD HAPPEN A WAS SO DIFFERENT

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FROM WHAT HAPPENED.

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WHERE IS IT?

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WHERE ARE THE AREAS OF

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OPPORTUNITY?

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THERE WERE SOME 70 MILLION

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AMERICANS WHO DIDN’T THINK OUR

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DEMOCRATIC POLICIES WOULD IMPACT

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THEM, OUR DEMOCRAT POLICIES

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WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM.

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IN SOME CASES MAY HAVE MADE THEM

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WEARY OF WHAT OUR POLICIES ARE

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BECAUSE OF SLOGANS THAT DON’T

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SPELL OUT WHAT WE ARE FOR.

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WHEN IT COMES TO RACIAL EQUITY

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AND JUSTICE AND REFORMS AND

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POLICING, WE HAVE VOTED ON AN

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INCREDIBLY GOOD BILL.

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THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN

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POLICING BILL.

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EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR

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IT AS WELL AS REPUBLICANS IN THE

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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AND THAT BILL LAYS CLEAR WE WANT

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TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN POLICING

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AND IN TRAINING THAT WE WANT TO

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REFORM KWULFIED IMMUNITY, WE

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WANT TO BAN NO-KNOCK WARRANTS.

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IN MY CENTRAL VIRGINIA DISTRICT

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IS IN FACT ALREADY THE POLICY

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FOR SOME OF OUR LARGEST POLICE

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FORCES.

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WE HAVE SPECIFIC POLICIES THAT

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WE HAVE BEEN FOR, AND THAT

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WASN’T -- THAT ISN’T -- IT GOT

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LOST IN SOME OF THE SLOGANS THAT

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WE HEARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

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AND MY ARGUMENT TO MY

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COLLEAGUES, WE NEED TO BE FAR

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CLEARER WHAT WE ARE FOR SO

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PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE VOTING

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FOR, AND ANY SORT OF DOUBT, AND,

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TO BE CLEAR, ATTACKS ARE GOING

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TO BE LOBBED AGAINST OF US OF

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COURSE ALL THE TIME.

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THE MORE PEOPLE CAN SAY I KNOW

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WHAT THOSE FOLKS ARE FOR THE

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MORE THE ATTACKS WILL ROLL OFF

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THEIR BACKS.

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>> DONNY HAS A QUESTION.

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>> CONGRESSWOMAN, I THINK, AND

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YOU HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY A

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PROPONENT OF THIS, THAT

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BIDEN’S -- I AM GOING TO SAY

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SOMETHING BLASPHEMOUS ON THIS

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NETWORK.

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MAYBE IS IT NOT SUCH A TERRIBLE

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THING IF THE REPUBLICANS HOLD ON

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TO THE SENATE AND THE COUNTRY

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KIND OF -- AND YOU HAVE GOT,

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OBVIOUSLY, McCONNELL AND BIDEN

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WHO KIND OF ARE FORCED TO KIND

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OF WORK TOWARDS THE MIDDLE

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TOGETHER?

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MAYBE THAT WOULDN’T BE SUCH A

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HORRIBLE THING?

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>> WELL, I’LL SAY THIS.

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YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT COALITION

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BUILDING.

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COALITION BUILDING WITHIN OUR

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UNITED DEMOCRAT PARTY, A VIBRANT

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DIVERSE TENT PARTY COALITION

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BUILDING AKRO PARTY LINES.

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WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE 116th

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CONGRESS WE HAVE PASSED

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BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION ON

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EVERYTHING FROM COMMON SENSE GUN

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REFORMS TO, YOU KNOW, CREATING A

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STABILITY AND A PATHWAY FOR

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DREAM ESTERS TO STAY IN THE

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COUNTRY TO RAISING MINIMUM WAGE.

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IT DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE IN THE

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UNITED STATES SENATE.

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SO MY HOPE IS THAT MITCH

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McCONNELL, SENATE LEADER

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McCONNELL MIGHT BE MORE INCLINED

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TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD KNOWING

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THAT THERE IS A PRESIDENT BIDEN

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IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

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BUT I DON’T KNOW THAT -- IT’S UP

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TO HIM TO CHOOSE TO CHANGE WHAT

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HAS THUS FAR BEEN MORE OF AN

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OBSTRUCTIONIST WAY OF LEADING

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THE UNITED STATES SENATE BECAUSE

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IN THE HOUSE OUR BED OF WORK IN

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THE 116th CONGRESS HAS BEEN

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BUILDING BROAD COALITION.

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AGAIN ACROSS A DIVERSE

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND ACROSS

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PARTY LINES.

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THINGS LIKE THE EQUALITY ACT

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THAT WE PASSED WITH BIPARTISAN

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SUPPORT.

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THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN

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POLICING ACT, WE PASSED WITH

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BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

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HUNDREDS OF BILLS WITH

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BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

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SO I THINK THAT QUESTION IS

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PROBABLY MORE CORRECTLY ASKED TO

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LEADER McCONNELL WHETHER OR NOT

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HE WANTS TO COME TO THE TABLE

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AND JOIN THE COALITION THAT WE

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BUILT AROUND SOME OF THESE

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PRIORITY ISSUES FOR THE AMERICAN

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PEOPLE.

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>> DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN