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John Duarte: “I felt that what I saw in America was that we were quickly…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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Published | Video Starts at 03:24

I think I'm in a unique place to win that district. And it was very important to me to stop socialism. I felt that what I saw in America was that we were quickly heading towards socialism in a lot of different ways. And I had a real calling to run in the 13th district to represent the farmers, the working families, the rural parts of California that oftentimes don't see a lot of policy happen in their favor. (03:24–03:32)

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Asserts that America is moving towards socialism.

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