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Ayanna Pressley: “In June, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called D.C. Statehood 'full-bore socialism.' I don't know what this…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
In June, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called D.C. Statehood 'full-bore socialism.' I don't know what this means.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley questions McConnell's characterization of D.C. Statehood as socialism.

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