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Jamie Raskin: “Our Framers were enlightenment thinkers who wrote us an enlightenment Constitution. They wanted government to operate on…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2023
Our Framers were enlightenment thinkers who wrote us an enlightenment Constitution. They wanted government to operate on the basis of facts, science, and common sense, not ignorance and superstition.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Jaime Raskin emphasizes the importance of facts and reason in government.

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