Many of those folks there today, maybe that will be the last political thing they do for a really long time. That's not healthy for our democracy. We need people engaged. We need them to show up. You know, even, you know, I'm a Democrat serving in the Senate, you know, even if they're showing up to vote for Republicans, we need people to participate. (08:20–08:25)
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