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Graham Platner: “Healthcare sucks for everybody, housing sucks for everybody…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Published | Video Starts at 16:33

And it's certainly in a rural state like Maine. You know, as I go around the state, like those economic populist messages resonate with everybody because Healthcare sucks for everybody, housing sucks for everybody. Rising prices of services and goods while wages stagnate. That's happening to everybody. And if we do not allow ourselves to give people a little bit of grace so we can get into that part, then we'll never get them. (16:33–16:49)

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Asserts that healthcare, housing, and economic conditions are poor for everyone in Maine.

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