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Graham Platner: “The Democratic Party, today's biggest problem is that there…”

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

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Graham Platner Is Staying in the Race | The New Yorker Radio Hour

Published | Video Starts at 14:48

I want to get into how you see the world, and I want to get a sense of how you see the Democratic Party these days and what you intend to do to help transform it. I think The Democratic Party, today's biggest problem is that there is an element of it that has become as attached to corporate interests as the Republican Party is. And by the way, this isn't just like my opinion. I mean, everybody thinks this every where. You hear people say things like, I don't vote because it doesn't matter, both sides are the same, all that kind of stuff. (14:48–15:01)

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Asserts that a faction of the Democratic Party is as aligned with corporate interests as the Republican Party.

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