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Mark Pocan: “There was controversy because you were endorsing some…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 27:14

There was a really ugly situation where you were elected to the DNC in a leadership role in a fair election. And There was controversy because you were endorsing some Democratic candidates in primaries against incumbents. and there was a bogus excuse made up my words. But I think they're factual in order to do a do over election. And finally at some point you just said I had enough. (27:14–27:20)

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Asserts that controversy arose due to endorsements of Democratic candidates in primaries against incumbents.

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