Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 10, 2021
It is shameful that we even have to point this out, but equating the two is absurd.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen criticizes the absurdity of equating peaceful objections with inciting violence.

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