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Daniel Crenshaw: “The Declaration of Independence is... very much an…”

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

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Podcast Discussion with Daniel Crenshaw and Dr. Pizzi on Papal Traditions and Catholicism

Published | Video Starts at 55:15

What you have to do is, as you said, focus on the underlying moral foundations that Christ teaches and that eventually we as. As fallen humans figure out. That's right. Eventually get better at, like, our own founding is similar. Right. The Declaration of Independence is... very much an abolitionist document. document. And the founders had that problem where they were like, we can't write it too hard, but if we write these words, I think eventually people have to go back to these words and say, like, we can. (55:15–55:24)

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