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Mike Lee: “This whole argument about 21 million people being…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 18th

Published | Video Starts at 43:28

If you are an American citizen before starting that job, and you've had to do so under a set of standards far more exacting, far less forgiving, far less permissive than what we're dealing with right here. So This whole argument about 21 million people being disenfranchised, let alone, I mean, even one person being disenfranchised, it is a lie. You have to willfully, consciously disregard and lie about the existence of the text beginning on page 12, line 22 of this bill. (43:28–43:39)

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