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On the recordMay 3, 2022
They want to distract us, to be focused on something other than the fact that they have successfully mounted this long-term war against the right of women to control their own bodies, and that they’re on the verge of taking away a fundamental right that, by the way, 70 percent of Americans support; 70 percent of Americans have said that they do not support the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois
Source
msnbc.com

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Senator Duckworth discusses the Republican strategy to distract from their efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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