On the recordJune 6, 2017
The president demanding loyalty asking that, you know, just let this -- let Flynn off. That is something that, you know, you wouldn't except in, you know, Bolivia of 1934.
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Jim Himes compares President Trump's demand for loyalty and intervention in legal matters to the actions of a military dictator.
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