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Ritchie Torres: Is America ready to embrace progressive politics?

Stephen Sackur is in the south Bronx, New York, to speak to Ritchie Torres, a rising star of the Democratic Party. He is the first gay black man elected to Congress, and a vocal champion for the poorest district in the country. Is America as a whole ready to embrace progressive politics?

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Mon 15 Nov 202123:06GMT
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