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Sean Duffy: “The tool of censorship that will come with the digital…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

Sean Duffy Interview • The Bottom Line

Published February 22, 2023 | Video Starts at 30:54

If you digitize a dollar, they can all of a sudden tell me how I spend my digital dollar on my phone. They might limit how much I can spend on gas, how much I can spend on electricity. The tool of censorship that will come with the digital dollar is I think, frightening. And I think we should all be very concerned with the digital dollar. And again, if I, if I can't get this anymore and it's all on here, it's going to be a huge problem for freedom. (30:54–31:00)

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