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Eric Swalwell: “There’s never been a structure that Jim Jordan didn’t want to take a wrecking ball to and this is just too fragile.…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
There’s never been a structure that Jim Jordan didn’t want to take a wrecking ball to and this is just too fragile. Look, the way I see it right now, Jonathan, democracy is on life support. And this is very binary. Either you are a part of the gang that is trying to resurrect it or you are a part of the gang that is trying to pull the plug.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Eric Swalwell discusses the threat to democracy posed by certain Republican members, including Jim Jordan.

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