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Michael Bennet: “Local communities should have the right to be able to use…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Colorado Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Debate

Published | Video Starts at 17:17

So this is not a new issue for me, Marshall. And my suggestions are that we should make it clear that Donald Trump cannot use state property to put his prisons on that property, that Local communities should have the right to be able to use provisions of the law that are available to them to stop infrastructure. they can use that. Now, if I'm governor, they'll be able to use it to stop Donald Trump. And that we do everything we can to make sure that kids are not separated from their families in the state of Colorado. (17:17–17:26)

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Asserts that local communities should have legal means to block infrastructure projects.

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