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On the recordMay 23, 2016
In fact, the press asked me what I thought when I left, and I think it is a quote my kids put on the refrigerator. Their dad said--my response was 'it is too good for the bastards.'
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John Mica
Republican · Florida

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Mica defends the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo, expressing disdain for their perceived status.

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