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Lisa McClain: “Communism tries to make you dependent on the government.”

Featuring: Lisa McClain, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 9th Congressional District

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The radical left wants you to believe that communism has never really been tried. Well, it has. It's been tried again and again and again. And you know what? It's failed every single time Communism tries to make you dependent on the government. And let me share with you one adage that I teach my children. I don't want my children to be dependent. I don't want my children to be Dependent on anybody. (24:40–24:44)

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Asserts that communism aims to create dependency on the government.

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