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James Carville: “I said, woke people tell me, they're tired of being woke. It's just too hard. People want to get along with each other.”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2021
I said, woke people tell me, they're tired of being woke. It's just too hard. People want to get along with each other.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

James Carville discusses the fatigue with political wokeness and emphasizes that people want to connect with each other rather than engage in divisive language.

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