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Donald Norcross: “If we were in a war, would we talk about the debt? No, we would do what we have to do as a country. And we are in a war…”

On the recordJune 21, 2020
If we were in a war, would we talk about the debt? No, we would do what we have to do as a country. And we are in a war except it is the virus.
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Donald Norcross
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Comparing the current pandemic to a war, stressing urgency over fiscal concerns.

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