What is resonating with people is that this isn’t simply a political or a policy conversation; this is about something that’s going to imminently impact their lives.
Lisa Blunt Rochester: “What is resonating with people is that this isn’t simply a political or a policy conversation; this is about something…”
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Blunt Rochester discusses the real-life impact of the shutdown on Americans.
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