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Pat Ryan: “Reagan and a bunch of Republicans... made this decision [to…”

Featuring: Pat Ryan, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 18

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Town Hall Meeting in Glens Falls with AOC & Pat Ryan

Published | Video Starts at 46:46

Thank you very much. Thank you. Very briefly, I heard somebody say it, Fairness Doctrine. We had this in the country. We made. Well, not we, Reagan and a bunch of Republicans... made this decision [to end the Fairness Doctrine]. We decided in the pursuit of really profit under the guise of free markets and blah, blah, which is total BS because this is not competition. This is not free at all. (46:46)

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Asserts that Reagan and Republicans were responsible for ending the Fairness Doctrine.

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