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Richard Blumenthal: “This condemnation has to be public, direct, explicit, because he has to show the American people that he will be…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2017
This condemnation has to be public, direct, explicit, because he has to show the American people that he will be independent.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal insists that Gorsuch must publicly condemn Trump's attacks to demonstrate his independence.

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