On the recordNovember 16, 2021
I have left politics. I had no intention of running again until I really got upset when I saw those folks coming out of that field down in Virginia carrying swastikas and torches and white supremacists.
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Explaining his motivation for running for president in response to a rally in Charlottesville.
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