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Brad Sherman: “Gee, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, you know.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
Gee, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, you know.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman expresses skepticism about U.S. loans to Cuba after past injustices.

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