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Jim DeMint: “Voting by proxy, is this what was intended by the Founders, the Framers of our Constitution?”

On the recordJune 24, 2020
Voting by proxy, is this what was intended by the Founders, the Framers of our Constitution?
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

DeMint questions the legitimacy of proxy voting in Congress during the pandemic.

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