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Nicholas Begich: “The federal government has prevented Alaska from advancing.”

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

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Thursday 3-7-24 - Candidate Nick Begich & Senator Mike Shower

Published | Video Starts at 29:06

And so, absolutely, that's true. We have got to recognize that most of our state is in a state of Stockholm syndrome where we've fallen in love with our captors. Right. The federal government has prevented Alaska from advancing. And instead of saying, hey, that means we need to go just get a bunch of federal money, what it means is we got to push back harder against the … (29:06–29:11)

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Asserts that the federal government is hindering Alaska's development.

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