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Jenniffer González-Colón: “Do we need consensus to grant civil rights? Do we need consensus to grant a vote? Do we need consensus to enable…”

On the recordJune 23, 2009
Do we need consensus to grant civil rights? Do we need consensus to grant a vote? Do we need consensus to enable democracy? Of course not.
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Jenniffer González-Colón
Republican · Puerto Rico

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Gonzalez-Colon argues that consensus is unnecessary for fundamental rights and democracy.

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