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Jake Auchincloss: “Democrats have to take back the majority if we are going to…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 01:16

When would you advise that young congressman to make up his mind once and for all? I don't engage in hypotheticals. I engage in the president urgent reality that Democrats have to take back the majority if we are going to truly turn Donald Trump and into a lame duck for the second half of his administration. And my focus for the Democratic Party is how we can be a party that can have a sustainable majority going forward. (01:16–01:24)

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Asserts that Democrats need to regain the majority to limit Donald Trump's influence in the second half of his administration.

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