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Dave McCormick: “There was a mill of 2,000 people that got gutted. It's now…”

Featuring: Dave McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner

Published | Video Starts at 14:19

I mean these, these folks, they've been down this road once before when a bunch of smart rich people said, we got the answer. It's called globalization. And what happened in my hometown is There was a mill of 2,000 people that got gutted. It's now 100 people. So there's enormous anxiety, but it's because there's no path to getting ahead. And everybody in this room, the last 10 years has been the greatest 10 years in the history of humanity for those who have assets. (14:19–14:23)

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