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On the recordDecember 15, 2020
Because you have a majority of Republicans in this country who believe that Joe Biden won the election fraudulently, when there's no evidence that that happens. And that belief as it festers, and it grows, this idea that if Democrats win, it has to be because of fraud, it does eventually lead to the voters will being overturned, and that is the end of American democracy.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Chris Murphy warns about the dangers of widespread belief in election fraud and its potential threat to democracy.

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