He was their party's vice presidential nominee. Under Hillary Clinton, he's about as mainstream as any of those Democrats are. And yet he fundamentally does not understand that It is not the federal government that gives us the right to life. It is not the federal government who determines whether we have the right to liberty. You know what? Slavery was gross and immoral and evil when, when the law said it was legal. (04:37–04:41)
CLAIM
Asserts that the federal government does not grant the right to life.
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