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Candidates for Washington-7, serving the Mad River Valley, gave candid responses to some of the hot topics of the day.

Said she suddenly thinking that the president is a racist, which is not something she said for quite a long time. if i could pick up on the point, the democratic party for about two decades has labeled every republican kaechbt for president a racist. >> have they? >> i remember being at the republican national convention in 2004 when george w. bush was about ready to accept the nomination for reelection, and democratic protesters backed by the democratic national committee comparing him to hitler. this is the incendiary rhetoric, which is the reason why in large part the accusations are fallin...

And not forgiven their leaders for taking so long to acknowledge that so many people died. that is the most emotional issue at hand here. they worry that this crisis has killed puerto rico's credibility and what was left of it in washington, and as a result of funds they have been waiting for will be even slower to come. they also think the island government was not ready for a disaster and not spending quickly enough to get them back on their feet. so what's next for the island here, if in fact rose will. lo refuses to step down and we see status quo here? what's next? >> there are mo protest...

Controls the republican party house and senate, but really at the street level, even in terms of some mayors and legislators who were previous allies, his support has just been eroding. so how does this fit into just the lengthy and terrible recovery from hurricane maria that puerto rico has been through? clearly it's something we have covered from here in washington, because it became a political football that i think was very frustrating for people who were very affected by the storm, do puerto ricans blame him for the slow recovery? what role n. your view, did he play in some of the misstep...

Corruption scandals, over the fact thieve in this extended economic recession and debt crisis, and that they really don't have much control over finances, because they're controlled by the feds. people are fed up, they're angry at the governor and the protests really show no signs of stopping. >> so it's clear, obviously that the governor is aware that he has a problem on his hands, given that he announced he's not running for reelection, but is it inevitable he'll step down? will people accept this middle ground? >> he made this announcement on facebook live, without taking any questions sinc...