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Jim Himes: “But as everybody who's ever been in a, you know, first grade playground recognizes, it's usually the person who's most…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2018
But as everybody who's ever been in a, you know, first grade playground recognizes, it's usually the person who's most aggressively pounding their chest that is, in fact, the weak one on the playground.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes critiques the president's show of strength as potentially indicative of weakness.

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