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Adam Kinzinger: “The burden to win is on you. You have to go out and figure out how to put together basically 51 percent of Americans to…”

On the recordMay 11, 2016
The burden to win is on you. You have to go out and figure out how to put together basically 51 percent of Americans to put you in office.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger asserts that as the nominee, Trump must work to gain support from a majority of Americans.

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