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On the recordAugust 16, 2020
Their purpose is to frighten people from voting. The more chaos they can create, the more fear they can instill about, well, your vote's not going to count anyway, it won't matter, and you're -- it's probably corrupt and get caught up in something, that's their purpose.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Pelosi discusses the tactics used to discourage voting.

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