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Angus King: “The president feels that he is the state, you know, like Louis the XIV, I am the state.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2019
The president feels that he is the state, you know, like Louis the XIV, I am the state.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Angus King discusses the president's perception of criticism as treason.

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