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Spencer Cox: “We've chosen as a nation to be a nation divided, a nation of…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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A Common Ground Forum with Governors Spencer Cox and Michelle Lujan Grisham

Published | Video Starts at 58:10

But hope is the virtue that sits between the vices of optimism and pessimism. And hope is the idea that good things are going to happen because we make them happen. And We've chosen as a nation to be a nation divided, a nation of toxic hostility and division. We can choose to be a nation of unity. We can choose again to have friends who are different than us, to learn from each other, to push back when we disagree and do so in a way that respects each other. (58:10–58:18)

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Asserts that the nation has chosen to be divided and hostile.

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