The minority...has an incentive to slow things down, make it difficult, extract promises.
Jeff Merkley: “The minority...has an incentive to slow things down, make it difficult, extract promises.”
On the recordJuly 29, 2024
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Merkley highlights the minority party's strategy in the nomination process.
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