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Mallory McMorrow: “The people responsible for making sure the planes don't…”

Featuring: Mallory McMorrow, Democratic | Michigan Senate, 8th District

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Something Has to Give: Mallory McMorrow on New Leadership & Repairing Broken Norms

Published | Video Starts at 01:39

And I said, oh, what else were you doing? What are you doing? And he told me, I'm an air traffic controller, so I don't want to minimize 40 days in. The people responsible for making sure the planes don't crash into each other are taking on second jobs to pay their bills. But if you're telling Americans, this is our red line, you gotta communicate constantly about what's happening and what are you trying. (01:39–01:47)

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Asserts that air traffic controllers took second jobs during the shutdown.

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