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Matt Gaetz: “In the pre Internet times, the ability to have this type of…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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The Anchormen Show EP 135 - RACIAL ANIMUS HIJACKS JUSTICE

Published | Video Starts at 18:14

But I think that what is breaking through and causing the shift is the democratization of information through the digital age. In the pre Internet times, the ability to have this type of breakthrough where year over year, I should say election cycle over election cycle, you could double one party's share of the black vote. You could dominate a group like working class black males in electoral success the way President Trump did. (18:14–18:27)

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Asserts that before the Internet, it was possible to significantly increase a party's share of the black vote each election cycle.

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