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Jim Risch: “The restrictions used to fight the virus are also used to fight democracy, including by limiting protests, delaying…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2021
The restrictions used to fight the virus are also used to fight democracy, including by limiting protests, delaying elections, and implementing a press of state-sponsored censorship.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch highlights how pandemic measures are misused to suppress democratic rights.

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