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Democratic candidate shares how family's immigration from Ethiopia inspired her political beliefs

"This is the party that fights for working people." Democratic socialist Melat Kiros joined "Connect" over the weekend and shared how her family's immigration from Ethiopia in 1998 — and her parents' support for the Democratic Party — shaped her political beliefs.

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