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Jim Risch: “The ongoing pandemic has given opportunistic leaders another excuse to grab power and suppress their own citizens'…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2021
The ongoing pandemic has given opportunistic leaders another excuse to grab power and suppress their own citizens' fundamental freedoms and human rights.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch warns about leaders exploiting the pandemic to undermine democracy.

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