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Elijah Cummings: “I can tell you that I'm at a point where I begin to wonder whether there is an empathy deficit, an empathy deficit.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2019
I can tell you that I'm at a point where I begin to wonder whether there is an empathy deficit, an empathy deficit.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings expresses concern about a lack of empathy regarding border issues.

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