On the recordDecember 8, 2019
But if Donald Trump misjudged the American character, the Framers of our Constitution did not.
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congress.govJamie Raskin: “But if Donald Trump misjudged the American character, the Framers of our Constitution did not.”
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Raskin asserts that the Constitution's Framers understood the American people's resilience against tyranny.
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