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Michael Bennet: “I used to say in Colorado that when I read the majority's opinion in Citizens United that it was like reading a seventh…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2017
I used to say in Colorado that when I read the majority's opinion in Citizens United that it was like reading a seventh grader's American government paper.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet criticized the Citizens United ruling's complexity.

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