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Tom Coburn: “There's a disconnect. And it's seen--that's why we see the unrest, the tension that's out there in the electorate.”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
There's a disconnect. And it's seen--that's why we see the unrest, the tension that's out there in the electorate.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Coburn connects public unrest to a lack of confidence in political decision-making.

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