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Peter Welch: “This is not a situation like in 1968, where you had the…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Sen. Peter Welch reacts to Biden decision to drop out of election CBS Interview

Published | Video Starts at 01:41

One is keeping Trump out of the White House, and the other is continuing his extraordinary legacy. So the various people who've been mentioned all have embraced those two principles, and that's what unites Democrats. So This is not a situation like in 1968, where you had the pro-war and the anti-war Democrats at each other's throats. This is a convention where everyone is celebrating the extraordinary accomplishments of President Biden, the desire to continue those, and the existential challenge we face of protecting our democracy by keeping Trump out of the White House. (01:41–01:49)

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Asserts that the current Democratic Party situation is not like the 1968 division between pro-war and anti-war Democrats.

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