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Paul Junge: “I was regularly on campus advocating and sometimes, you…”

Featuring: Paul Junge, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 8

Paul Junge Interview

Published October 4, 2020 | Video Starts at 21:38

But I did attend college at the University of California, Berkeley, which is not always thought of as a welcoming place for conservatives. And I was regularly on campus advocating and sometimes, you know, being threatened verbally. you know, people trying to. So I've been standing up and making that fight, even in hostile territory, basically my entire adult life. (21:38–21:45)

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