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On the recordJuly 1, 2024
I don't know. What I do know is that we're at serious risk of our government being taken over by a criminal and his gang, the democracy values that we cherish so much being lost to an authoritarian strongman.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Lloyd Doggett expresses concern about the risks to democracy posed by Trump and the Republican Congress.

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