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David Cicilline: “It seems really difficult for the United States to be an effective powerful advocate for democracy, rule of law…”

On the recordApril 2, 2019
It seems really difficult for the United States to be an effective powerful advocate for democracy, rule of law, self-governance, frankly, when we have a president of the United States who is saying things which undermine those very institutions we are trying to promote.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline discusses challenges to U.S. democracy promotion due to presidential rhetoric.

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