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On the recordFebruary 11, 2022
You`re right, we started getting these tea party types, including Rand, and it was -- it was very upsetting, of course. Now, they did very quickly shift to opposing the Affordable Care Act and, of course, when they finally saw what the affordable care act was in 2017, when Republicans tried to pass a health care bill that would have left 22 million people, taking their insurance away from them, people finally saw what was in the Affordable Care Act, that`s why we picked up 41 seats in the House in 2018.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

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Franken discusses the impact of the tea party on the Republican Party and its shift to opposing the Affordable Care Act.

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