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Support them? i know that people who support labor rights, union members, people demonstrating in trenton are very angry with the democrats who peeled off on this. i think the difference between the democratic party and republican party and where this is significant is we have a party that s a big tent. we have lots of people in our party who believe in a lot of different things. we don t exclude people from our party because of votes they make. that s the hallmark of republicans. it s a litmus test. chris christie is living proof. he wants to check all the boxes so he can be somebody on the national stage. democratic party doesn t operate that way. and while we have disagreements about particular bills, the long-term history and the future of the democratic party is always going to be with labor. litmus test is one way to look at it. standards, core principles is another way to look at it. absolutely. and i think the reason this has been such a surprise to see the way this has unfolded in new jersey is that i don t think that people who are in favor of things ever call it a litmus test, but people really thought that supporting union rights was a core democratic issue and that

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