Amanda Carpenter 

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If you can keep it
If you can keep it
By Protect Democracy
In 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked: what kind of government have you created? He answered, "a republic — if you can keep it." From Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group working to prevent authoritarianism.