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Michael Blake: “We as Democrats, you know, at the end, we may disagree 5 to…”

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

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Democratic National Debate Commentary with Michael Blake in Detroit

Published | Video Starts at 01:54

Of course, the dialogue around race relations and criminal justice was apparent. The continual conversation around jobs and wages and the environment. But at the end of the day, Darin, what I say to people, often, We as Democrats, you know, at the end, we may disagree 5 to 10% of the time on policy, but we disagree with Trump and the Republicans 99% of the time. And we cannot allow a moment in a debate to be the reason why we don't have the ultimate victory. Meaning that we win the White House, we get Democrats elected up and down the ballot next year. (01:54–02:05)

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