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Steve Scalise: “The more we talk about the threat of COVID and onerously restrict people's lives because of it, the more we turn them…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2022
The more we talk about the threat of COVID and onerously restrict people's lives because of it, the more we turn them against us and show them we're out of touch with their daily realities.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Scalise discusses the political repercussions of COVID restrictions based on polling data.

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