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Cory Booker: I've never been one who cannot surrender to cynicism, and often the way to get people not to surrender to cynicism that…

On the recordMay 3, 2015
I've never been one who cannot surrender to cynicism, and often the way to get people not to surrender to cynicism that we're not going to fix this problem is to motivate them by fear.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker discusses the need to combat public cynicism regarding infrastructure issues.

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