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Graham Platner: “Structurally it's borderline impossible for regular people…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:36

It's such a. Yeah. It's a very, like just very surreal. Yeah. And, and I, I also very much understand why. I guess the biggest lesson I have learned is Structurally it's borderline impossible for regular people to pull this off. Like, if you're a regular human being. Yeah. With not a lot of money and having lived a pretty normal life. Who doesn't want to like, just get your entire existence ripped to pieces? (04:36–04:40)

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Asserts that it is nearly impossible for regular people to succeed in political campaigns.

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