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Mary Gay Scanlon: “Holding a hearing to substitute far-right ideologies for parental judgment exposes the rank hypocrisy of the party…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2023
Holding a hearing to substitute far-right ideologies for parental judgment exposes the rank hypocrisy of the party claiming to value individual freedom and small government.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon criticizes the hearing as a political attack disguised as concern for parental rights.

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