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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “This kind of conduct you would expect in an autocratic republic, not a democracy like the United States of America.”

On the recordOctober 6, 2021
This kind of conduct you would expect in an autocratic republic, not a democracy like the United States of America.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes threats against election workers, likening it to autocratic governance.

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