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On the recordJune 21, 2021
It hasn’t surprised me too much in that we’ve seen this Mitch McConnell play before. It’s kind of that split between principle and power politics.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
Source
msnbc.com

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Jeff Merkley discusses the lack of Republican support for voting rights legislation and attributes it to Mitch McConnell's political strategy.

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