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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
The idea that folks can be identified as being Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, based on their identity or their membership in certain civil rights advocacy groups strikes me as ignoring, as I said in my opening statement, the best tradition of bipartisanship in caring about and advocating for civil rights.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons defends hiring practices against claims of politicization based on identity.

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