There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and the police in major American cities.
Mark ShieldsLet's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority, and they did it.
Mark ShieldsFor many years, we have had these campaign finance reforms, and they have been failures. Money is more coursing through our system than ever before. Incumbents have used the laws to advantage themselves. And one of the reasons I think they have been failures is we have tried to crush down the money in places like the political parties, and it has squished out into opaque super PACs and sort of hidden channels.
Mark ShieldsWhite working-class voters or working-class voters have felt abandoned, have felt, in many senses, disparaged by the political leadership of America.
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