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Tim Burchett: “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we must live through…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2021
If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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Tim Burchett
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Burchett warns against the consequences of the vaccine mandate, likening it to self-destruction.

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