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Richard Blumenthal: “We are here because the regime, an autocratic, repressive regime, is torturing, imprisoning, killing its own people.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2023
We are here because the regime, an autocratic, repressive regime, is torturing, imprisoning, killing its own people.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal emphasizes the oppressive actions of the Saudi regime.

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