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Dana Rohrabacher: “Well, thank you. Now, let me get this straight. You have a candidate somewhere saying he wants to make his country great…”

On the recordJune 13, 2016
Well, thank you. Now, let me get this straight. You have a candidate somewhere saying he wants to make his country great again? And then takes over the reigns of power? That could never happen really in a modern society, could it?
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Rohrabacher questions the plausibility of a candidate's authoritarian ambitions.

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