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Elijah Cummings: “What I absolutely do not support, however, is the hateful rhetoric we hear and have heard coming from some my members of…”

On the recordApril 27, 2016
What I absolutely do not support, however, is the hateful rhetoric we hear and have heard coming from some my members of the Republican Party who disparage all immigrants with false condemnation.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings criticizes hateful rhetoric against immigrants from some Republican members.

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