“The base of the party, they just want us to do anything. They feel alone, they feel isolated, they feel unheard, and they feel like they’re not being fought for.”
— DNC vice chair David Hogg, in an interview with The Guardian.
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“The base of the party, they just want us to do anything. They feel alone, they feel isolated, they feel unheard, and they feel like they’re not being fought for.”
— DNC vice chair David Hogg, in an interview with The Guardian.
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