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Maura Healey: “We have a rise of populism, which is understandable given…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

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Live at the JFK Library with Brian Tyler Cohen

Published | Video Starts at 06:08

And so what does disruption mean to you? It's not accepting the status quo. I mean, we have an affordability crisis, which is not new. It's decades in the making. We have a rise of populism, which is understandable given what's happened with income disparity in this country. And so, you know, these Things just didn't happen. And the status quo isn't working for a lot of people. And I think that's why you see a lot of the division. (06:08–06:17)

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Asserts that the rise of populism is linked to income disparity in the U.S.

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