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Rebecca Cooke: “Folks with working class backgrounds like mine [should be]…”

Featuring: Rebecca Cooke, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 3

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Congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke on the essential rural vote.

Published | Video Starts at 54:24

So, yeah, it isn't just this cycle of fundraising, but that we do change things. So we also have a Congress that's more reflective. We have different types of people running for office, Folks with working class backgrounds like mine [should be] able to step in and do the right thing. We have to take another quick pause for our sponsor, but I want to come back and talk about the the mass shooting we've seen in Maine and the attitude of Wisconsin's towards gun ownership and gun control. (54:24–54:31)

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Asserts that individuals from working-class backgrounds should have opportunities to serve in Congress.

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