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On the recordJune 26, 2013
One concern I have whenever something horrible like this happens is that it is used and abused, quite frankly, to advance some preexisting agenda that does not really relate to whatever happened.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Vitter expresses concern about exploiting tragedies for political agendas.

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