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Mario Díaz-Balart: “I think this is worse. As dangerous, as unacceptable as those that I just mentioned are, and they are, when government…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
I think this is worse. As dangerous, as unacceptable as those that I just mentioned are, and they are, when government targets individuals for their beliefs, this is now an affront on democracy, on our freedoms.
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Mario Díaz-Balart
Republican · Florida

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Diaz-Balart expresses concern over government targeting individuals for their beliefs.

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