Political Quotes

On the recordMay 22, 2023
If you found a rattlesnake curled up in a corner of your bedroom that wasn't doing anything, would you simply monitor it until it did?
Said by
Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock criticizes the Forest Service's inaction on wildfire management.

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