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Chris Coons: “Of all the things that Candidate Donald Trump said that I thought were beneath him and, frankly, in this case…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2019
Of all the things that Candidate Donald Trump said that I thought were beneath him and, frankly, in this case, despicable, his criticism of John McCain's war record, his record of service and of duty and sacrifice as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam for 5.5 years, I thought was beneath contempt.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Coons criticizes Donald Trump's remarks about John McCain's military service.

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