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On the recordJune 17, 2021
How long does that take to go away? Because if it doesn’t go away, and it hasn’t gone away, we still have a clear and present threat to our democracy.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut
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msnbc.com

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Jim Himes expresses concern about the ongoing threat to democracy due to political polarization.

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