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Summer Lee: But the limitations to the right to disagree can be best described by the ancient wisdom: 'Your right to swing your arms…

On the recordMay 7, 2019
But the limitations to the right to disagree can be best described by the ancient wisdom: 'Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other person's nose begins.'
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee highlights the limits of free speech and assembly.

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