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Rahm Emanuel: “I think being an American is winning the lottery ticket of…”

Featuring: Rahm Emanuel, Democratic | Former Mayor of Chicago, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan | Illinois

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Published | Video Starts at 07:43

I'm at a point in my life where I'm going to leave it all on the field. I think this is a great country. I am the son and the grandson of an immigrant. I think being an American is winning the lottery ticket of life. And I look at a country that I know, that I love, and the passion that has lost its nerve has basically raised the white flag. And I'm not about that. (07:43–07:48)

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