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On the recordJuly 16, 2018
If Thomas Jefferson had written the Declaration of Independence on Facebook, that document would have never seen the light of day.
Said by
Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Goodlatte criticizes social media's content filtering by referencing the Declaration of Independence.

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