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Michael Blake: “They only got off of me because you recognized who I was.”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Ebro in the Morning Interview with Assemblyman Michael Blake on Bronx Politics and Community Issues

Published | Video Starts at 27:20

And I said, well, first of all, we all know this would have went off the rails if you wouldn't have recognized me. Like, let's just be honest about that. They only got off of me because you recognized who I was. I could have been any other cat. And this thing goes off the rails very fast. But on top of that, why did it go through his mind that the appropriate way to respond wasn't, hey, my man, give us a second. (27:20–27:22)

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