I'm a Democrat and a lifelong Democrat and a proud Democrat, but I'm certainly moderate by today's standards in the democratic party. And I believe in working with everyone, including republicans and independents. John Duarte is not that person. John Duarte is a MAGA type Republican who chose to run at the last minute. He actually filed for office on the very last day that he had the opportunity to because Kevin McCarthy, who was very interested in becoming speaker of the House, was working to get a good candidate to run against me. (10:12–10:20)
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Asserts that John Duarte is a MAGA type Republican who entered the race at the last minute.
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