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On the recordApril 15, 2024
The fact is, we never allowed it to close millions of businesses, lock people in their homes indefinitely, censor dissenters, forbid peaceable assemblies, shut down churches, and yet in the jurisdictions that the left controlled this is exactly what they did.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock criticizes government actions during lockdowns as overreach.

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