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Tim Kaine: “I don't think you can analogize NAACP members in the Alabama of the 1950s and their need for protection from criminal…”

On the recordJune 21, 2023
I don't think you can analogize NAACP members in the Alabama of the 1950s and their need for protection from criminal prosecution to wealthy individuals who want to support often untrue political ads without their name being associated with those untruths.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine challenges the analogy comparing NAACP members' protection to wealthy donors of political ads.

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