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On the recordMarch 24, 2014
It is dangerous when we canonize a strong man and I think some of the language that I heard today about Putin filling the churches in Russia and somehow unifying people around the Russian area is dangerous.
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Juan Vargas
Democratic · California

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Vargas warns against glorifying authoritarian leaders like Putin.

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