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Michael Blake: “You are running against someone in Donald Trump who we…”

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

Democratic National Debate Commentary with Michael Blake in Detroit

Published July 13, 2019 | Video Starts at 03:43

It is important to be able to communicate that. And so regardless of the size of the field, it will make you stronger as a candidate because You are running against someone in Donald Trump who we already know he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, he is xenophobic. But he is still, for whatever reason, getting 40 to 47% of people to still support him. (03:43–03:58)

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Asserts that Donald Trump is racist, sexist, misogynistic, and xenophobic.

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