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Chris Murphy: “Recognizing someone as the leader of a country who is not actually the leader of the country, it does not actually make…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2022
Recognizing someone as the leader of a country who is not actually the leader of the country, it does not actually make us look strong.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy argues that recognizing Guaido as leader weakened U.S. credibility.

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