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Nicholas Begich: “I don't know how you can possibly represent the state of…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 05:58

In fact, there's been a number of media interviews that I've done and they've said, look, we'd love to talk to Sarah Palin, but she's unwilling to talk about the race, her background, or the state's issues with us. And I don't know how you can possibly represent the state of Alaska if you're not willing to talk to national and international media. That's the case we're trying to make for the state. And she's absent from the conversations, I believe, because she's more worried about what they're going to say about her than what they're going to write about Alaska. (05:58–06:06)

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Asserts that it is impossible to represent Alaska without engaging with national and international media.

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