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On the recordDecember 13, 2000
I did say in 1998 that the Republicans' claim that they were behaving in a bipartisan fashion during impeachment was as credible as the Taliban would be if they claimed to be practicing religious tolerance.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Clarifying a misquotation regarding his comments on Republicans and the Taliban.

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