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Michael Bennet: “The fire risk in Colorado is existential.”

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

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Colorado Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Debate

Published | Video Starts at 11:42

I didn't vote for these people because I agree with their policies. I voted for them because the work that we're doing is critically important. And it's not political. I mean, it is critically important. The fire risk in Colorado is existential. The lack of water in Colorado is existential. Sometimes you have to work with people that you profoundly disagree with. And what I resent is that somehow the attorney general thinks that's a test of how tough I am. (11:42–11:45)

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