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Debbie Dingell: “A more cynical person might say that, while President Trump has thankfully failed to build his wall along our border…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2020
A more cynical person might say that, while President Trump has thankfully failed to build his wall along our border with Mexico, his horrendous response to the coronavirus has erected a different kind of wall, one that prevents Americans from leaving our own country.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of Trump's handling of the pandemic affecting Americans' ability to travel.

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