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David Axelrod: “It's about creating anxiety and then using that anxiety to justify restrictive voting laws that they feel will advantage…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2021
It's about creating anxiety and then using that anxiety to justify restrictive voting laws that they feel will advantage their party and that Trump is demanding.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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David Axelrod explains how the narrative around election fraud is being used to push for restrictive voting laws.

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