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Timothy L. Jenkins: “We shouldn't deflect. This shouldn't be a bait and switch to have a discussion about arms when the issue is voting…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
We shouldn't deflect. This shouldn't be a bait and switch to have a discussion about arms when the issue is voting rights.
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Timothy L. Jenkins
New York

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Jenkins insists that the focus should remain on voting rights, not gun rights.

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