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Ruben Gallego: “The Democratic [Party] is not as inclusive as it should be.”

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

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Senator Ruben Gallego addresses recent leak of his text messages

Published | Video Starts at 00:53

Gallego also appears to mock Democratic men and women, writing, dim women look like dim men and dim men look like women. These texts were obtained by Human Events, a conservative outlet. Well, I actually think The Democratic [Party] is not as inclusive as it should be. That's what I'm trying to point out. We should be a party that takes everybody in, that, you know, at least we have certain core values and we shouldn't be trying to exclude more people. (00:53–00:57)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party lacks inclusivity.

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