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Summer Lee: “If it bottoms out, you probably have 10 years before you can…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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Published | Video Starts at 10:57

Right. But in truth. Right. That we know that if your country, if your democracy is backsliding, you probably have two years before it bottoms out. And If it bottoms out, you probably have 10 years before you can fix it. Right. It's an urgency right now. But I don't think that we are all recognizing. So I do think that that exists. And you know, again, I think it's generational. (10:57–11:01)

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Asserts a timeline for recovery if democracy reaches a critical low point.

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