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Kirsten Engel: “Something like 30,000 teachers came to the Capitol to march…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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Interview with Kirsten Engel

Published | Video Starts at 22:11

That was during the red for Ed. I was in the Arizona legislature at the time, and that was, that was a, quite, quite an amazing experience to have Something like 30,000 teachers came to the Capitol to march for better pay and more money for our schools. And it was effective. It was really effective. And I have hats off to the teachers. (22:11–22:35)

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