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Joe Manchin: “Senator, do you have anybody in the State of Connecticut who is coming to you and saying: You know, I have a friend who…”

On the recordJune 15, 2016
Senator, do you have anybody in the State of Connecticut who is coming to you and saying: You know, I have a friend who was suspected of being a terrorist, and their rights have been taken away. They are an American citizen, and for some reason they were on the Internet, they were checked out, and the FBI has come to their home and suspected them and questioned them. Should that person still be on the no-buy list, if you will, because they are a suspected terrorist?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
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Jun 15, 2016

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