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We do know that [Hillary Clinton] was probably attacked and smeared as much as any candidate ever has been. We know that.

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Keith Ellison
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 4
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U.S. Representative
Detroit
Michigan
Keith Maurice Ellison
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Here's the real thing. Democrats got to understand that the first line in the Republican playbook is going to be smear, you know? And there's nobody who's going to be able to avoid it.
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Our message of strengthening the middle class, working people, we just didn't penetrate well enough and we didn't have the kind of turn out that we really needed or expected.
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This is what people do in America. They get out. They demonstrate. They let their voices with heard.
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Worked hard on [our message of strengthening the middle class, working people], but it didn't come through in places like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania.It really should have, because people are struggling. And the Democratic message and the Democratic platform would help them, but somehow it didn't come up the way it should have. But it will.
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