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Jon Stewart: “There was a level of dissatisfaction with [government…”

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VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats & the Fight Ahead | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 25:13

Democrats, I don't know, have reconciled with what may be the primary factor, at least in my mind, which is a dissatisfaction amongst the people, that government was being responsive to the needs of the people that it purports to represent. It There was a level of dissatisfaction with [government responsiveness] that. that. And you got to it a little bit with, you know, I maybe would have reversed a couple of things. But I wonder, is, is competence the antidote to fascism? (25:13–25:18)

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