So I'm a D. I'm a D. Because the Democratic Party is the one that has traditionally represented the working people of this country. They're the party that produced the New Deal, that allowed my grandmother to raise her six sons alone during the Depression. And that was my decision. I've been here in the Senate for 22 years. Before that, I was in local government. (01:17–01:26)
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