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Joe Manchin: “It was when the FCC interjected itself to change that rule that basic civility that threw it to a tailspin.”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
It was when the FCC interjected itself to change that rule that basic civility that threw it to a tailspin.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin blames FCC intervention for a decline in civility.

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