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Hillary Clinton: We always have to be aware of and protect against external threats. But what really is tearing our country apart and…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2021
We always have to be aware of and protect against external threats. But what really is tearing our country apart and threatening our democracy is what we saw on January 6th. And I unfortunately have seen so much of that kind of continuing divisiveness and hatred, and ideological attitudes about our democracy, about each other. I think every American, regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, should be as worried if not more right now about what we`re doing to ourselves.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York
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msnbc.com

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Clinton emphasizes the internal threats to democracy posed by divisiveness and hatred.

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