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Graham Platner: “One junior senator from Maine is not going to be enough to…”

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

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Graham Platner Speaks to PACKED Augusta Crowd

Published | Video Starts at 34:03

But we also have to understand that to get the things that we need for the future, that's not going to be enough. The junior senator from Maine is not going to be enough to get Medicare for All. One junior senator from Maine is not going to be enough to change the tax code. We need to combine institutional power with real power, the power of organized people. And we need to build it now, because when we need it, we won't have time to build it when the day comes when we have to fight back against fascism. (34:03–34:08)

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Asserts that a single senator from Maine cannot change the tax code alone.

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