No matter your background, no matter your zip code. That is fundamental. I think this is the existential issue of our time. And I think yesterday's results reinforced that. Michigan invented the middle class, this very radical concept that you could work in an auto plant and afford the car that you are building. At the end of the day, the math is just not mathing on the middle class. And I believe a strong middle class is fundamental to the stability and success of the United States. (13:22–13:31)
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