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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Democrats have always fought for working people. We've…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Trump's Policies, Democratic Strategies, and U.S.-Israel Relations

Published | Video Starts at 28:06

Well, President Trump used disinformation and malign influence extremely effectively and aggressively online to create hate filled narratives that demonized Biden and demonized Democrats writ large. And in the process, over eight years, destroying a lot of the Democratic brand. Democrats have always fought for working people. We've always fought for fairness and equality and freedom. And so what candidates that were able to break through effectively privileged two messages over all other messages. Cost of things, cost of living in the economy, public safety, immigration, fentanyl and gun violence. (28:06–28:12)

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Asserts that Democrats have historically advocated for working people, fairness, equality, and freedom.

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