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Don Beyer: “There's an old political idiom that nothing happens in politics unless you tell somebody about it.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2018
There's an old political idiom that nothing happens in politics unless you tell somebody about it.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Beyer emphasizes the importance of communication in politics.

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