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Mark Pocan: “They didn't really want to expand and they didn't want to…”

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

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But all the more, at least a few people in leadership, let them be the diversity of the country and help bring in new people to the party and help expand. And this was a kind of a club deciding. They didn't really want to expand and they didn't want to change things. What it really comes down to, Mark, is this, like, do we want to continue to be the exact same party that we were that lost to Donald Trump for … (30:46–30:50)

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Asserts that the DNC leadership did not want to expand or change.

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