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Brad Sherman: Legitimacy, governmental legitimacy is critical, because the question the people always ask is, why are those folks…

On the recordMay 7, 2019
Legitimacy, governmental legitimacy is critical, because the question the people always ask is, why are those folks running things?
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman discusses the importance of governmental legitimacy in the context of authority.

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