Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar is a senator from Minnesota. Klobuchar was elected as senator in 2006 and re-elected in 2012 and 2018. Klobuchar received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. In 2019, she announced she was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 2, 2020.
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"There has been an increase in hate crimes."
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“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of…
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"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
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“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
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“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”
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Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."
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"Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade. Over 90% of the people support funding for Planned Parenthood and making sure women can get…
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The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you…
"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."