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Angela Alsobrooks: “Great damage has been done to the collective kind of hope…”

Featuring: Angela Alsobrooks, Democratic | U.S. Senate Maryland

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A conversation with Senate freshman women

Published | Video Starts at 29:39

We cannot judge our 250 years against 2025 and 2020. This is the point at which the illness came in. I think that there are parts of the leadership of our country. I think that Great damage has been done to the collective kind of hope [in the country]. And, you know, I think that people have just felt demoralized. But I think it's really important for us not to judge ourselves against what we've seen these last few years. (29:39–29:46)

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Asserts that recent events have significantly harmed national morale.

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