“The stakes are nothing less than the future of liberal democracy. We are engaged in a new war of ideas, not communism versus capitalism, but authoritarianism versus democracy and representative government.”

—  Adam Schiff

Open Letter to the Committee Hearing Re: FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers

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