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Tammy Baldwin Responds To Republicans Calling Contraception Act ‘A Messaging Vote’ For Democrats

Published June 5, 2024 | Video Starts at 01:21

Sadly, I have little or no faith that this activist, extremist Supreme Court is done with this mission. They [the Supreme Court] invited people to challenge the law that upholds marriage equality. So I led a charge to protect same sex and interracial couples and earn bipartisan support for my Respect for Marriage act, which was signed into law. (01:21–02:21)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court has encouraged challenges to marriage equality laws.

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