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Darrell Issa: it is not the vote that counts, it is he who counts the votes.

On the recordJune 5, 2012
it is not the vote that counts, it is he who counts the votes.
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Issa references a quote attributed to Stalin about the importance of who counts votes.

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