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Chris Smith: “It ought to be--I mean, people of faith form wonderful citizens who are law-abiding and Falun Gong have shown no…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2015
It ought to be--I mean, people of faith form wonderful citizens who are law-abiding and Falun Gong have shown no tendency other than to be very, very good people with good principles.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith defends Falun Gong practitioners as law-abiding citizens.

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