Well, I think what the Mayor, Mayor Koch, God rest us all said applies very much to today, except it's worse today, frankly. It started with the Republican Party. First it was the Tea Party. And I remember a lot of colleagues of mine who were moderate, just changing their whole philosophy because they were afraid of primaries. From the Tea Party. Yeah, from the far right. (22:16–22:21)
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