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Lamar Alexander: “That doesn't sound like a very Republican argument to me. I mean, our position, my position, Republicans believe that…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2020
That doesn't sound like a very Republican argument to me. I mean, our position, my position, Republicans believe that states are in charge of elections. And Texas is a big state, but I don't know exactly why it has a right to tell four other states how to run their elections. So, I'm having a hard time figuring out the basis for that lawsuit.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee
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Senator Alexander criticizes the Texas lawsuit regarding election authority.

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