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Robert Reich: “To me, the reason centrists are not doing well in the…”

Featuring: Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor | National

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Trump's Forever War Is Here | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

Published | Video Starts at 20:59

One of the lessons is you do have to actually do a complete vetting of your candidates. But I think that the record is not clear in terms of centrists. Centrists. To me, the reason centrists are not doing well in the Democratic Party and I don't think they're doing well across America is because they are not coming up with specific ways to improve the lives of Americans. Right. And so I think it's so interesting to watch people say, well, Platner had no message. I mean, we didn't really know what he was for. Are you kidding me? (20:59–21:13)

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Asserts that centrists are struggling politically due to a lack of specific policy proposals to improve American lives.

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