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Pramila Jayapal: “All of our founders talked about dissent is patriotic.”

Featuring: Pramila Jayapal, Democratic | U.S. House Washington, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 58:57

So I think we have to take back some of those words and redefine them, but actually Define them as they were intended in the beginning. You know, All of our founders talked about dissent is patriotic. We need to reclaim those words and we need to build the society from the ground up, both through political candidates that we elect, but also through the way that … (58:57–59:01)

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Asserts that the founders of the United States considered dissent to be patriotic.

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