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Ed Markey: “I went to sleep last night, hoping that President Trump would exercise his power to just stop the implementation of this…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
I went to sleep last night, hoping that President Trump would exercise his power to just stop the implementation of this new policy.
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey expressed hope for Trump to halt a controversial gun policy.

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