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Angie Craig: “It was often just a challenge to be able to scrape up the…”

Featuring: Angie Craig, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, 2nd Congressional District

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But growing up as I played high school basketball, my mom was a single mom. And it was also, it was, It was often just a challenge to be able to scrape up the money to get the shoes that the rest of the team was wearing for my family. And if we're going to allow private equity, if we're going to allow these vultures to come in and take over sort of the last place and the first place … (20:16–20:27)

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Asserts financial difficulty in affording sports equipment during her youth.

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