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Zach Wahls: “If you want to have a hope and a prayer, a shot at winning this race in November, if you think it is going to be easier…”

On the recordJune 2, 2026
If you want to have a hope and a prayer, a shot at winning this race in November, if you think it is going to be easier to do that with the candidate who refuses to distance himself from Democrats in DC, than [with] somebody who is willing to be honest with voters about the failures of Democratic party leaders, you know, I think you made a fundamental error in your calculation.
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Zach Wahls
Iowa

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Criticizing a rival candidate's alignment with Democratic leaders.

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