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Robert Reich: “We want a Senate capable of standing up to the first…”

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 26:16

This is why it's so important that we get some very, very good young people into office and you can go around the country and See where these people are. We want a Senate capable of standing up to the first dictator who has ever occupied the White House. Right. This isn't just partisanship. And speaking of his dictatorship and his authoritarian bent, the murder of Araujo this week, horrific. So this is in Texas. This man was pulled over. (26:16–26:27)

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