Amy McGrath

That is just the way our system is set up.

So how do we reclaim that as Democrats and help people understand that we are on their side?

We want low gas prices.

We want an environment with fresh air and water that is sustainable for the future.

We want an economy that works for people where you can get a job and put in a good day's work and still get health care and have good schools for your kids.

We all want those things.

The Republicans are unabashedly taking those away from us.

Democrats are doing everything we can to hold on to it.

I just don't think we're good at getting the message out to people.

They're very effective at the messaging and we are

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And it's grassroots.

I think it goes back to your neighborhoods and your communities.

You know, if you are a small town on the edge of a forest and you want your forest to be healthy and vibrant because you recognize that it is part of your economy and it is part of your history and your tradition and your culture.

So you got to literally grow your community the way that you grow your forest.

And I think that's where we need to get back as Democrats, as leaders, as community members to start building again and helping people understand what this means and how we can move forward together in our schools and our businesses and all of the other places.

This is the struggle because people are also hearing these big messages up here from Donald Trump and the national Republicans.

And there's that giant divide between what's happening in their own communities and what is happening in Washington, D.C.

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