Well, they want voter suppression. They captured the Supreme Court. They want climate denial. They want deregulation. They don’t want pollution -- polluters to be have any enforcement against them. They want basically a very old-school business, really bad business array of changes for super wealthy businesses and billionaires.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “Well, they want voter suppression. They captured the Supreme Court. They want climate denial. They want deregulation.…”
On the recordAugust 24, 2022
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Senator Whitehouse discusses the goals of certain political groups regarding voter suppression and deregulation.
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