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Jamie Raskin: “I think that the COVID-19 crisis, I hope if it has taught us nothing else, it is that an invisible and silent threat can…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2021
I think that the COVID-19 crisis, I hope if it has taught us nothing else, it is that an invisible and silent threat can shut down the country and can traumatize and kill lots of our people.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin compares COVID-19's impact to the threat of climate change.

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