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Tom McClintock

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Thomas Miller McClintock is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he has been an advocate for limited government and fiscal conservatism throughout his political career. McClintock has focused on issues such as tax reform, environmental policy, and government spending. He previously served in the California State Assembly and as a member of the California State Senate, where he gained recognition for his commitment to conservative principles.

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Mar 25, 2021

So even if the judge or magistrate finds that the defendant poses a generalized danger to our community, the judge cannot temporarily detain the defendant who has already been convicted.

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Mar 25, 2021

It isn't working, which is why we have more than one million illegal border crossers with orders of removal wandering around the United States today.

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Mar 25, 2021

When he actually saw it in action in his home state, he called it an absolute disaster.

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Mar 25, 2021

the Biden Administration's failure to secure the southern border has allowed transnational criminal organizations, smugglers, and drug traffickers to engage in criminal behavior and harm public safety.

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Mar 17, 2021

It deeply saddens me that instead of uniting as Americans, this hearing seeks to divide us as Americans.

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Mar 17, 2021

Hostility to that government is not hostility towards victims. Quite the contrary.

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Mar 17, 2021

Any racist sentiments, speech, or Act needs to be vigorously condemned.

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Mar 17, 2021

we're all entitled to equality before the law, to be treated as individuals, to be treated based on our own individual aspirations, individual achievements, and individual accomplishments, and not to be discriminated against because we…

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Mar 17, 2021

It seems to me--thank you. We seem to be confusing opposition to the Chinese government, including its actions during the coronavirus pandemic, with hostility toward eight Americans of Asian descent.

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Mar 17, 2021

There are despicable racists of every color in every society. It is the baser side of human nature.

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Mar 17, 2021

To attack our society as systemically racist, the society that has produced the freest, most prosperous, and most harmonious multiracial society in human history, well, that's an insult and it's flat out wrong.

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Mar 16, 2021

I have been trying to parse the President's message, 'Don't come now.' That certainly implies, 'Do come later.'

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