To buck the establishment than we have had in decades. It was just. No, not in decades. Ever. All right, I want to say this. I know a little bit about this. Just a bit. I was elected to the U.S. house from Vermont in 1991, took office in 91, helped form the Progressive Caucus at that point. You know how many people we had? Five. All right. I mean, I once talked to Raul Grijalva about this, and. And he said the Progressive Caucus, when we started, it was like me and Bernie and Barbuli, and it was basically a Noam Chomsky book club, something like that. (34:35–34:48)
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