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On the recordSeptember 16, 2020
I rise today to discuss the dangerous path that national Democrats are spiraling on down and to caution our countrymen not to follow them. Radicals on the far left have hijacked an otherwise righteous cause and are in command of a once proud political party that traces its heritage back to Jefferson and Madison. The violence the radicals have unleashed threatens lives. The cancel culture they imposed curtails liberty. And their misguided means of creating economic equality endangers the pursuit of happiness. Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and their hand-picked Democratic candidates are empowering the radical wing of today's national Democratic Party--the same people responsible for the chaos now on full display across our country. The national leaders of the Democratic Party offer them sanctuary. They make excuses for radicals' destructive behavior, the way an embarrassed parent does for a mischievous child. To them, the riots that are occurring from Minneapolis to Indianapolis are only peaceful protests. Promises to defund police departments are just ways of reimaging police--whatever that means. It is the same sleight of hand that turns government-run healthcare into Medicare for all who want it. Most Democrats will not publicly embrace the socialist policies the mob howls for because they know the American people will not buy it.…
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Todd Young
Republican · Indiana

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