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Rick Santorum: “The only reason this was a contentious issue is because there were two different parties and there are two different…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2020
The only reason this was a contentious issue is because there were two different parties and there are two different branches.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Rick Santorum explains that the contentious nature of Supreme Court nominations arises from the division between the parties and branches of government.

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