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Favorite Movies of the 2020 Candidates

July 19, 2019 at 9:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

E! surveys the 2020 presidential candidates on pop culture. Here are their favorite movies:

Kamala Harris: My Cousin Vinny

Pete Buttigieg: The Godfather, Gangs of New York

Julian Castro: The Breakfast Club

Cory Booker:Star Wars, Rocky, and In the Heat of the Night

Michael Bennet: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Jay Inslee: The Wizard of Oz

Bill de Blasio: Seven Days in May

Steve Bullock: Fletch

Marianne Williamson: The Mission

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