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Aug 2024
47m 27s

'We're not going back!'

CNN
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Tim Walz headlines night three of the DNC, rallying Democrats with personal stories of his middle-America roots. Plus, Kamala Harris speaks tonight in historic fashion as she will be the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead a major party ticket. And Democrats put Trump's role in the January 6th insurrection under the microscope. 

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