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Eric Swalwell: “Now they look at us, and they see a firing like this today, and they see three things. One, democracies are fragile, you…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2020
Now they look at us, and they see a firing like this today, and they see three things. One, democracies are fragile, you have to work on them, and, third, and most importantly, you have to protect them.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell reflects on how the firing of Krebs affects global perceptions of democracy.

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