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Mark Pocan: “Mike Pence...was the first one not to kind of major…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 20:39

If you remember that when he wanted to run, when they had a bunch of candidates, much like we have right now, he was Mike Pence...was the first one not to kind of major candidate, not to be able to get into the race. And it was because of some, I think, issues around this issue in his state and how it applied. So maybe that was a good thing. (20:39–20:55)

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Asserts that Mike Pence was unable to enter the presidential race due to issues related to religious liberty laws in his state.

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