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Maria Cantwell: “The business community stood up and said, wait a minute. No…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sen. Cantwell Appears on Morning Joe to Push Back on Efforts to Compromise Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 04:15

Elections are local in the United States. Yeah, I think, Listen, I think, you know, there was an earlier, you know, effort here where The business community stood up and said, wait a minute. No, we believe in doing business in a democracy. We don't like the fact that now all of a sudden you're going to create this environment where we're not clear about democracy. (04:15–04:21)

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Asserts that the business community supports democracy.

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