Political Quotes

On the recordMay 23, 2022
Spare me the B.S. about mental illness. We don’t have any more mental illness than any other country in the world.
Said by
Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Murphy dismisses the argument that mental illness is the primary cause of gun violence in the U.S.

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