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On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
The sense that the public believes that all of politics, and particularly in Washington, is thoroughly corrupt, that citizens do not have much of a say here, that other interests are prevailing, has a corrosive impact on the ability of a democracy to function with legitimacy.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar discusses public perception of corruption's effects on democracy.

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