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Sheldon Whitehouse: “If you wait to fight until the polls tell you an issue is important, the battle can be over before you show up.”

On the recordJuly 10, 2025
If you wait to fight until the polls tell you an issue is important, the battle can be over before you show up.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
commondreams.org
Jul 10, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse urges action against climate change instead of waiting for polling data.

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