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Jessica Ramos: “Jose Peralta decided to announce that he was going to…”

Featuring: Jessica Ramos, Democratic | New York State Senate, District 13

Face to Face Interview with Jessica Ramos on Her New York State Senate Campaign

Published August 27, 2018 | Video Starts at 02:23

Yeah. And a couple of days after the inauguration, Donald Trump announces his first Muslim ban. And on that very same day, our state senator, the current state Senator, Jose Peralta decided to announce that he was going to deflect from the Democratic caucus in the state Senate and join IDC. and join the Independent Democratic Conference, which was empowering a Republican majority. But he played with that game before. It was not a new game. (02:23–02:42)

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