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Karen Bass: “I think after three and a half years of what we've been through, after 160,000 dead Americans and I know not everybody…”

On the recordAugust 11, 2020
I think after three and a half years of what we've been through, after 160,000 dead Americans and I know not everybody had to die, I just think the circumstances are so profoundly different that people will be motivated in a way that they haven't before.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Bass reflects on the current political climate and its potential to motivate voters differently than in previous elections.

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