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Chris Murphy: “There's actually been hundreds of independent bookstores…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Katie's One-on-One with Senator Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 54:39

You find some young people giving up their smartphones and picking up what are called dumb phones, right? Phones that actually stop them from constantly strolling McNally Jackson is a miracle. But There's actually been hundreds of independent bookstores that have opened up all around the country. because people are seeing those bookstores, Bookstores, as a place to find that community. So the people are starting to realize that we slipped too far away from neighborliness, from communitarianism. (54:39–54:45)

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