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Graham Platner: “We live in a system that's stealing from us.”

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

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Graham Platner Talks With Three-Time Trump Voter

Published | Video Starts at 01:33

But I will admit, you know, I'm questioning pretty hard on things. Trump came along and told a lot of us that something that we knew to be true was actually true, which is that We live in a system that's stealing from us. And, you know, it's funny, you know, I'm from Sullivan, so a lot of my friends are like, three time Trump voters. (01:33–01:36)

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Asserts that the current system is exploitative.

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