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On the recordMarch 28, 2017
It is false equivalence to draw a comparison between the democratic system in the United States with all its imperfections, but nevertheless, a system devoted to democracy and personal freedom, that it is a false equivalence to compare that system with what we see in Putin's Russia today.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen argues against comparing U.S. democracy to Putin's regime.

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