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Daniel Crenshaw: “Our founders were very scared of mob democracy.”

Featuring: Daniel Crenshaw, Republican | U.S. House Texas, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 16:14

You know, imagine that if every representative was thinking, well, what do the polls say? What would our founders think of that? Ever read Federalist Papers and how. How extremely terrified Our founders were very scared of mob democracy. People who think about an issue for about, I don't know, grand total of five minutes and then. And then, and then have a very strong opinion about it and want to change the world. (16:14–16:19)

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