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Graham Platner: “The governor has opposed all [attempts to fix the law…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 18:17

So they have to have people in Washington to make sure that malice seat penobscot passamaquoddy that that gets added as words into bills. There have been multiple attempts to fix this and The governor has opposed all [attempts to fix the law regarding tribal sovereignty], both as Attorney General and as governor. So like to me that is also a pretty fundamental difference around I don't like a foundation of political philosophy. Like I do not see expanding tribal sovereignty in Maine as a bad thing at all. (18:17–18:21)

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Asserts that Governor Janet Mills has opposed all attempts to amend the law regarding tribal sovereignty.

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