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John S. Rodgers: “At one point, I think we were called New Connecticut.”

Featuring: John S. Rodgers, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

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1 John S. Rodgers Interviewed at his home in rural Glover, Vermont

Published | Video Starts at 07:18

To experience that what Vermont has been to us our whole life. And then now they move here to get away from where they left, and it's starting to turn into what they left. Yeah. And At one point, I think we were called New Connecticut. And I really don't want to be New Connecticut again. I want to remain Vermont, Connecticut. And great. Quite frankly, a lot of my best friends live in Connecticut, have summer places around here. (07:18–07:21)

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Asserts that Vermont was once referred to as New Connecticut.

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