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It's pretty simple. If you have a technical understanding of the topic and have no vested interest then you'll almost certainly be against overturning privacy rules regardless of politics. If you don't have a technical understanding then you'll just take your cue from your political tribe.

It doesn't necessarily matter that an arbitrary member of the republican party has sponsored this resolution, at this time, republican values among the masses are totally subject to Trump's opinions (which are not always in-line with republican orthodoxy), so Trump's position on this will ultimately dictate whether or not republicans constituents are ok with this.




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