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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “The Republicans really need to be concerned tonight because if there was so much fervor on their side to defeat Barack…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2012
The Republicans really need to be concerned tonight because if there was so much fervor on their side to defeat Barack Obama, they would have had a bigger turnout in their primary in 2012 than they did in 2008.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Wasserman Schultz comments on the lower turnout of Republican voters in the primary compared to previous elections.

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