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Graham Platner: “We were like, we're helping turn the water back on.”

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

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Graham Platner Wants a Democratic Revolution | The Interview

Published | Video Starts at 32:41

It took me coming here to realize that don't think we are somewhere we shouldn't be. Yeah, I mean, I remember in 05, we were actually engaging in, like, some building projects. We were like, we're helping turn the water back on. We were like. It felt. I, I actually, I mean, I was also 20. I was still a kid, so I get. And you need to make all this stuff mean something, right? (32:41–32:45)

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Asserts that they helped turn the water back on in 2005.

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