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Joe Manchin: “Something's got to be done to save the country. And right now we're destroying each other.”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
Something's got to be done to save the country. And right now we're destroying each other.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin emphasizes the need for action to address political toxicity.

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