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John Duarte: “When they tried to sell the water from Modesto in San…”

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

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13th Congressional District Candidates Debate

Published | Video Starts at 06:35

Because when I call on the Duartes, they always say yes. And I'm very proud. Now, does my leadership style have the potential to get a little animated? Yeah. When they tried to sell the water from Modesto in San Francisco back in 2010, I led that community alliance against that. It was Democrats, it was Republicans, it was everybody in the community. I worked a lot with Carmen Sabatino, a longtime Democrat, who, you know, had all kinds of friends and friends and others. (06:35–06:45)

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Asserts that he led a community alliance to stop the sale of Modesto's water to San Francisco in 2010.

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