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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “I can't imagine what this place would be--I can't imagine what our country would be--with Donald Trump as president.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2019
I can't imagine what this place would be--I can't imagine what our country would be--with Donald Trump as president.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
New York

Editor's note · Context

Ginsburg expressed her concerns about Trump as president during the 2016 campaign.

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