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On the recordMay 24, 2017
Your party has a history of, let us say, less than enthusiastic support for social insurance, for Medicare, or for Social Security, for unemployment insurance.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown critiques the party's support for social insurance programs.

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