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Mark Pocan: “It weaponizes government by installing Trump loyalists in…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 40:49

All right, next one fires tens of thousands of nonpartisan career civil servants. This is the 50,000 I'm sorry. Yeah, 50,000 people that they want to replace with political appointees, which would be a terrible idea. It weaponizes government by installing Trump loyalists in this partisan takeover of agencies like the FBI, DOJ, the Federal Election Commission, and the center for Disease Control. It meddles with national security by politicizing security clearances, and it allows for more dark money in our elections. (40:49–41:01)

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