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Former Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker — a progressive Democrat who has advocated far-left policies including “Medicare for All” and the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — has launched a U.S. Senate bid to succeed outgoing Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, who announced earlier this year that his current term will be his last.

“Now more than ever, we need leadership that is committed to the work of ending generational poverty and uprooting structural racism, delivering on system-changing policies like Medicare for All, Universal Basic Income, Reparations, and Universal Childcare,” he asserted in part of a lengthy statement on his campaign website.

“We need leadership that will drive the charge for bold policies lik

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