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Raul Ruiz: “The number-one singular goal of the Republican Party since Obama passed this was to destroy it, to sabotage it.”

On the recordDecember 9, 2019
The number-one singular goal of the Republican Party since Obama passed this was to destroy it, to sabotage it.
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Raul Ruiz
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Ruiz criticizes Republican efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act.

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