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Graham Platner: “They were part of this project with the main afl, cio, a…”

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 01:28

My wife told me that was too early to invite people over to the House. So I told them 6, I think, or 5:30, something like that. Yeah, they came over and made it clear that They were part of this project with the main afl, cio, a couple labor union groups trying to recruit a candidate. And I started listing off names and essentially they were like, no, you don't understand. We're, we think you would be a good candidate. (01:28–01:34)

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Asserts that the AFL-CIO and other labor unions were involved in a project to recruit a Senate candidate.

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