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Mattie Parker: “I didn't think that partisanship belonged in City Hall.”

Featuring: Mattie Parker, Republican | Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

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Mayor Mattie Parker - Stories with Soul - Season 3 Episode 39

Published | Video Starts at 36:59

Like, there's some cities in this country that have really goofy people that are leading them, and there's all kinds of antics that happen. I don't think we could afford that. Right. I didn't think that partisanship belonged in City Hall. And all I was seeing, a lot of what I was seeing from candidates was going to be partisan. It was going to be about, I'm the strongest conservative. (36:59–37:03)

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