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On the recordJune 24, 2013
if you are in a crowded theater and the only way to empty that crowded theater is if you yell the world 'red line,' don't do it because it has a very powerful meaning if you are President of the United States.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kinzinger warns against using the term 'red line' lightly in political discourse.

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