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Colin Allred: “The kind of ideological purity tests that we've sometimes…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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But I also think, and know that we have to win in places that we have not traditionally won, that we have to reach out to and grow the party. That The kind of ideological purity tests that we've sometimes engaged in, in the party are incredibly harmful to us. as I see it, that we have to be a big tent party where everybody's welcome, whether it's Liz Cheney and, you know, Adam Kinzinger, both friends of mine, or whether it's Bernie and Alex. (37:27–37:35)

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