Michael Blake: “He has avoided us. We had a forum last week and he literally…”

“We will wish you the best of luck. We'll see you out on the campaign trail, possibly a debate. Although all of that has to get settled in the next few weeks. He has avoided us. We had a forum last week and he literally refused to show up. So maybe Richie Torres will finally show up for once and have a debate. Let's do it on New York one. Okay. We'll be reaching out to him.” (09:11–09:16)

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