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Dana Rohrabacher: “Isn't it somewhat presumptuous of us to go in and then to actually take more of that $833 billion that we are spending…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
Isn't it somewhat presumptuous of us to go in and then to actually take more of that $833 billion that we are spending in deficit to go in to try to help them--push them in certain directions, even though they already have a democratically elected government?
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Questioning U.S. intervention in democratically elected governments.

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