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Pete Buttigieg: “That is nonsense, Representative.”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2023
That is nonsense, Representative.
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Pete Buttigieg
Democratic · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Buttigieg responds to Van Orden's accusation about child slavery as nonsense.

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