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Chris Murphy: “I do. I do. It was just unacceptable for the United States to be silent in the wake of Russia`s most important…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2021
I do. I do. It was just unacceptable for the United States to be silent in the wake of Russia`s most important opposition leader being intentionally poisoned and now in prison by Putin`s government.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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msnbc.com

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Murphy supports sanctions against Russia for the poisoning of Aleksey Navalny.

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