“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”

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On the recordNovember 20, 2007
That is unacceptable in this country, of all countries.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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