We're having an internal fight in the Democratic Party and it has been brewing for years, John. And I experienced that as governor. It's one of the reasons I had trouble as governor because You have had this socialist wing. They call themselves far left socialist wing that has been growing in the Democratic Party. It's been acquiring more and more power. And now we are at the critical junction of that fight. They've been winning city council seats, they've been winning assembly seats, Senate seats, but now they're going for the mayor of New York. (05:20–05:30)
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