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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
Much of what we are hearing today and will hear for the remainder of this process is ultimately an effort to re-litigate the last Presidential election.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin criticizes the confirmation process as a political attack on Trump.

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