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Karen Bass: “I take them at their word that instability cannot be addressed if you do not have a government that the people…”

On the recordJune 24, 2019
I take them at their word that instability cannot be addressed if you do not have a government that the people fundamentally will accept.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for a government accepted by the people for stability.

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