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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
What are you afraid of? This country was built by those who were brave enough to stand up against King George.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Challenging colleagues to confront the President's wrongdoings.

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