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Jim Clyburn: “When I saw 126, of my colleagues signing on to a brief to ask the Supreme Court of the United States to install an…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2020
When I saw 126, of my colleagues signing on to a brief to ask the Supreme Court of the United States to install an autocracy. That's what they were asking, to, in some way, invalidate the voters in four states and allow us to put in place an autocrat.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn expresses concern over colleagues attempting to undermine democracy by supporting a Supreme Court brief.

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