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Maxwell Frost: “I have been sitting over here trying to figure out why are these people so antagonistic to majority rule and it finally…”

On the recordJune 12, 2002
I have been sitting over here trying to figure out why are these people so antagonistic to majority rule and it finally occurred to me. They are worried that they are not going to be in the majority after this election and they are going to be in the minority, and so they want minorities to be able to have a veto power over the will of the majority.
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Maxwell Frost
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about majority rule and minority veto power during a floor speech.

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