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Trent Franks: “We once held certain truths to be self-evident, that we are all created and that is what makes us equal.”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
We once held certain truths to be self-evident, that we are all created and that is what makes us equal.
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Trent Franks
Arizona

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Franks reflects on the foundational beliefs of equality and human rights.

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