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Tina Smith: “We are not like flirting with authoritarian leaders in this…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 30:58

Just because the President is making conciliatory Noises is not the time for us to say, oh, yeah, everything's going to be okay. Let's just try to go back to normal. Because we are past that. We are past normal. We are not like flirting with authoritarian leaders in this country. We have authoritarian leaders in this country. And what is saving us are courageous citizens and courageous local and state leaders who are saying, no, you cannot have our voter rolls. (30:58–31:05)

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