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Harley Rouda: “Unfortunately, though, under this administration when we see an administration, a president of the United States, use…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2020
Unfortunately, though, under this administration when we see an administration, a president of the United States, use Federal troops to literally walk over innocent protestors for a photo op in front of a church and to send Federal police, a term not typically associated here in the United States, to, again, attack peaceful protestors without any identification whatsoever, unfortunately, we no longer hold that mantle that we have held for so long as a beacon of democracy for many countries across the Nation.
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Harley Rouda
California
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Rouda criticizes the Trump administration's handling of protests and its impact on U.S. democracy.

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