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Graham Platner: “Honestly, I think it's because they've left behind working…”

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

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Graham Platner Wants a Democratic Revolution | The Interview

Published | Video Starts at 16:05

You have to put others down, which I think is nonsense. I think that just results in you being alone. Why have Democrats struggled so much with, with men lately? Honestly, I think it's because they've left behind working like the working class. And hear me out here. There was a time where, like, people who like, worked for a living, use their hands, were very, very close to the Democratic Party through the labor movement, through just kind of general policies. (16:05–16:11)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party has struggled with men because it has abandoned the working class.

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