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Ted Lieu: We are not here to prop up institutions if they don't deserve to be.

On the recordDecember 7, 2022
We are not here to prop up institutions if they don't deserve to be.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Stating that Congress should not support institutions lacking legitimacy.

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