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On the recordAugust 19, 2009
It does. And then, again, add to it -- I mean, I can go on and on, other examples. The Department of Homeland Security itself was politicized, was used by the Republicans to track down Democratic members of the Texas legislature when they walked out of the legislature trying to block a Tom DeLay redistricting deal. That's not Homeland Security. That's raw politics.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala discusses the politicization of the Department of Homeland Security by the Republicans.

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