Astead Herndon

You know, one of the things I also wanted to ask is like, it feels like core to the kind of Democratic Party's questions of moving forward has been to what to take from your campaign.

I have heard people say everything from it's all about social media to kind of separate from the substance.

I actually want to read you a quote and have you respond to it.

Is this mean tweets or good tweets?

No, no, no, not tweets at all.

I wanted to know, do you think this is true?

Like when we get outside of New York, how, you know, are we thinking that it's less about substance of campaign than tactics or can we separate those things?

I appreciate your time and thank you for making time for us.

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