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Al Franken: It is absurd to say this company is in its rights to fire him because he made the choice of possibly dying from freezing…

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
It is absurd to say this company is in its rights to fire him because he made the choice of possibly dying from freezing to death or causing other people to die possibly by driving an unsafe vehicle. That's absurd.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken criticized Gorsuch's dissent in a case regarding a truck driver fired for safety concerns.

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