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On the recordJune 6, 2021
Should this country, the United States, a free country, the beacon of hope and human rights, have a free trade agreement with dictators in this hemisphere who rig elections and jail his political opponents?
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María Elvira Salazar
Republican · Florida

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Salazar questions U.S. trade agreements with countries that undermine democracy.

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