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Newt Gingrich: “I sense we are beginning to be the land of the timid and the home of the fearful.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2020
I sense we are beginning to be the land of the timid and the home of the fearful.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Gingrich expresses concern over rising fear in America during the pandemic.

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