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Luis Gutiérrez: “They got a whopping 97 percent. They did so good that they had to do a repeat 4 years later because no one…”

On the recordJune 15, 2021
They got a whopping 97 percent. They did so good that they had to do a repeat 4 years later because no one thought--because not even Putin gets 97 percent of the vote.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

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Gutierrez critiques the legitimacy of a plebiscite in Puerto Rico that yielded 97% support for statehood.

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