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Jessi Ebben: “Even people who authored that [the Patriot Act] bill have…”

Featuring: Jessi Ebben, Republican | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, 7th Congressional District

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Jessi Ebben on Restraining Government Overreach

Published | Video Starts at 08:08

Will the Patriot act be revoked? I think we need to look at that, what it's done. I think even people who signed onto that have looked at it's gone too far. Even people who authored that [the Patriot Act] bill have said it has gone too far. That was not the original intent. But again, in times of crisis, in times of tragedy, we make emotional decisions that we need to make logical decisions, uphold the Constitution, refer to that as the decision maker of where we make our decisions from. (08:08–08:12)

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Asserts that authors of the Patriot Act have stated it has gone too far.

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