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Greg Casar: “Young people were the heart of the civil rights movement and…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Published | Video Starts at 13:39

Then young congressman, your sense of the role of young people today in terms of changing politics in this country. And we just have 20 seconds. Well, Young people were the heart of the civil rights movement and the heart of the antiwar movement. And I think they're the heart of what's transforming the Democratic Party right now into something we can truly be proud of. And 10 seconds. (13:39–13:44)

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Asserts that young people were central to the civil rights and antiwar movements.

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