Our job is to reach out to people who think that politics is irrelevant to their struggles and to show them, in fact, that it shapes those struggles. Sometimes it actually allows for those struggles. And, you know, over the course of the campaign, Social media was what allowed us to reach so many New Yorkers, many of whom had never voted before. and to let them know, actually, that their concerns were valid in the city that they call home and that they had a place not just in these five boroughs, but also in our politics. (03:19–03:26)
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