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Pramila Jayapal: You have to terrify people in order to shut them up.

On the recordMarch 26, 2025
You have to terrify people in order to shut them up.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal discusses tactics used by authoritarian regimes to instill fear.

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