Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 23, 2020
Let's imagine it wasn't Joe Biden. Let's imagine it was any one of us. Let's imagine the most powerful person in the world was asking a foreign nation to conduct a sham investigation into one of us.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Schiff urged senators to consider the implications of Trump's actions beyond party lines.

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