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Chris Coons: “When you took the oath last August, you took it to protect our Constitution, not to protect any individual or any party.”

On the recordMay 15, 2018
When you took the oath last August, you took it to protect our Constitution, not to protect any individual or any party.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons stresses the FBI's duty to uphold the Constitution over partisan interests.

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