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Eric Swalwell: But we now see Republicans believing that people not only have a right to go to the school board, but they have a right…

On the recordOctober 27, 2021
But we now see Republicans believing that people not only have a right to go to the school board, but they have a right to go there and incite and threaten violence against people making decisions about our kids’ education.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Swalwell discusses the normalization of violence against school board members by Republicans.

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