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On the recordMay 12, 2022
The scandal is that if he wouldn’t lie he couldn’t occupy Republican leadership. You have to be willing to lie about something as fundamental to our democracy as whether the last election was legitimate, if you want to be part of GOP leadership now.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Adam Schiff criticizes the current state of Republican leadership and their willingness to lie.

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