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Pramila Jayapal: “Republicans for decades now have made it a priority in Washington, to weaken and hamstring and sabotage the federal…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2021
Republicans for decades now have made it a priority in Washington, to weaken and hamstring and sabotage the federal background check process for buying a gun, as much as they can in every way that they can.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal discusses the Republican efforts to weaken gun background checks in relation to a mass shooting incident.

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