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I think Donald Trump is not going to be impeached [in a ] month. Let's not close out possibilities.I do think that what's happening is great and that people are active and people are just involved in the democratic process.
Mark Shields
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Mark Shields
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 25
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