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On the recordMay 9, 2022
They had failed and failed and failed again in the democratic parts of the government. They had just been blown out. They hadn’t been able to accomplish the extreme things they wanted.
Said by
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse explains the motivation behind the right's strategy to pack the courts with judges who would act against public opinion.

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