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Angus King: “He's talking about taking the licenses away from CBS because…”

Featuring: Angus King, Independent | U.S. Senate Maine

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American Conversations: Senator Angus King (I-ME), on Paul Revere's Ride

Published | Video Starts at 32:31

Yeah, yeah, he's, he's defining, he's defining treason, which is, which is all about making war against your country. It's not criticizing the president. And he's talking about. Yeah, and he's, He's talking about taking the licenses away from CBS because they ran a 60-minute segment he doesn't like. Man, if you don't like criticism and sometimes unfair criticism, you're on the wrong racket if you run for public office, I can tell you that. (32:31–32:39)

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Asserts that there is a discussion about revoking CBS's licenses due to a disliked segment.

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