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Ruben Gallego: “If we're not willing to be booed, take chances. The people…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Interview with Senator Ruben Gallego on Democratic Strategy and Immigration Policy

Published | Video Starts at 16:38

And again, this is just the president. This is everybody really running last year. This is the thing that we have to understand as Democrats, like, If we're not willing to be booed, take chances. The people that really get hurt are the people that we're supposedly in office for. Right. The people that are barely making it now, and they're going to be hurt because we didn't take chances. I want to turn to the subject of class. (16:38–16:48)

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Asserts that Democrats' reluctance to take risks harms the people they represent.

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