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Austin Theriault: “Manufacturing has moved away [from the area].”

Featuring: Austin Theriault, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Maine, District 2

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The 207 Interview: Republican congressional candidate Austin Theriault

Published | Video Starts at 02:44

Now, at the end of the day, for some people, $100 a week is a big deal. For others, it's not so much. But we live in an area where there's a lot of poverty. Manufacturing has moved away [from the area]. The other thing that I want to look at is understanding what do we have to do to attract more manufacturing jobs into the district. We've seen paper mills move away and whatnot. (02:44–02:46)

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