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Trisha Calvarese: “Both my parents had cancer. Yeah, they had cancer. And they…”

Featuring: Trisha Calvarese, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Colorado, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 04:26

That led to a full academic scholarship at the Johns Hopkins University. And I was most recently at the AFL CIO and at the US National Science foundation when a family emergency brought me back home. Both my parents had cancer. Yeah, they had cancer. And they did pass last fall at the comfort of home. But thanks to my local union, afge 3403, I was able to drop everything, come home, and provide that care for my parents. And now. My dad was a lifelong Republican. (04:26–04:34)

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Asserts that both her parents had cancer and passed away last fall.

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