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Adam Schiff: “Anyone that had the audacity to speak truth to power, anybody that wouldn't carry the President false line would get…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2020
Anyone that had the audacity to speak truth to power, anybody that wouldn't carry the President false line would get fired.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff reflects on the pattern of firings in the Trump administration for those who contradict the President's narrative.

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