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Dustin Burrows: “PETA's stated goal [is] total animal liberation.”

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Representative Dustin Burrows Explains Constitutional Amendment Propositions

Published November 3, 2015 | Video Starts at 07:15

But if you start looking at what PETA is saying, I mean, you start looking at the president of their organization. This Is their PETA's stated goal [is] total animal liberation. I don't know what that means or what it is. I know I don't like it. Liberals will have the right to vote is what PETA is trying to do. (07:15–07:20)

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“484 [amendments] were approved, 179 were defeated.”
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“We also ban any tax on the transfer of real estate.”
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“Prop 2 is dealing with having an ad valorem tax exemption for the surviving spouses of 100% totally disabled veterans.”
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“Number four is going to be the professional sports teams having a charitable raffle.”
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“This is a way of dedicating some revenue...without raising taxes.”
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