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Ezra Klein: “Democrats won Senate races that year, and Johnson was able…”

Featuring: Ezra Klein, Liberal | New York Times Columnist and Podcast Host | National

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The Democratic Party Needs Change | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 35:16

Yes. And goes very hard on painting Barnes as soft on crime. Right. That's a major attack Johnson uses, and I think to some real effect. And Democrats won Senate races that year, and Johnson was able to survive in that category. It was not a year that was such an incredible year for Republican Senate candidates. (35:16–35:23)

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Asserts that Democrats won Senate races in a year when Johnson also survived.

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