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On the recordJanuary 31, 2018
In a democracy party wins the White House, they have a right to make policy subject to the approval of a Congress. You may not like the policies they make, but that's our system.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod discusses the rights of a party in power to make policy and the importance of institutional integrity.

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