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On the recordApril 11, 2023
democracy is fragile, and I think when you have individuals like those who lead the Tennessee Republican Party, the Speaker of the House in Tennessee, who decided to overstep their bounds, who decided to use racism as political currency, who decided to actually just not care about those individuals that Justin, Justin, and Gloria represented, in particular, Justin and Justin and rejecting them from their duly elected House seats, you see that democracy is truly fragile.
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Bakari Sellers
Democratic · South Carolina
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Bakari Sellers discusses the fragility of democracy in light of the actions taken by the Tennessee Republican Party against certain representatives.

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