Ruben Gallego: “I saw people that weren't filling up their gas tanks.”

“And I think people were trying to say it wasn't hard, but people couldn't buy homes. They couldn't, you know, they couldn't fully go to the grocery store. I saw people that weren't filling up their gas tanks. And then we were all lying to ourselves. The economy's getting better. And I just. I realized that I had my. I couldn't lie to them because I was that person at one point in my life.” (01:13–01:16)

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