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Al Franken: “This is an existential threat to our democracy. If we lose our democracy, it`s - we lose everything.”

On the recordOctober 4, 2021
This is an existential threat to our democracy. If we lose our democracy, it`s - we lose everything.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Franken discusses the urgency of passing voting rights legislation as a defense of democracy.

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