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Will Rollins: “It is easy in this modern era to get cynical, and it is easy…”

Featuring: Will Rollins, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House California, District 41

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Will Rollins CTD Town Hall, August 2023

Published | Video Starts at 42:42

So that's one thing I wanna say. The second thing I wanna say is I've been thinking a lot about John Lewis and the Freedom riders in the 1960s lately. And It is easy in this modern era to get cynical, and it is easy to feel hopeless, given what's happened to the country in the last few years. And I've felt that way myself. But then when you think and read about people like John Lewis in the 1960s and getting on those buses and sitting in those … (42:42–42:54)

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Asserts that recent events in the country have led to widespread cynicism and hopelessness.

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