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Mandela Barnes: “No Democrat in the country faced that level of spending…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 26:42

I was the target of the single largest anti Democrat candidate super pac. Okay. You mentioned the Tom Tiffany obsession. Like, this super PAC was absolutely in it for me. Like, No Democrat in the country faced that level of spending because we knew we could win. Republicans knew that I could win. Unfortunately, some people in Washington didn't get the memo and we were left out to dry in a way that no other Democrat was left out to dry in the state. (26:42–26:47)

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