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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
it is hard to have that legitimate debate when the NRA functions as holding others who are supposedly participating in this debate like they are holy on subsidiaries.
Said by
Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries critiques the NRA's influence on the gun violence debate.

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