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Michael Steele: “You spend a million dollars to tell America, we want the Hispanic vote, and then you let this guy come down a staircase…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2022
You spend a million dollars to tell America, we want the Hispanic vote, and then you let this guy come down a staircase and tell you, well, all Mexicans are rapists and murderers.
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Michael Steele
Republican · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Michael Steele criticizes the Republican Party's contradictory approach to attracting Hispanic voters while allowing negative rhetoric from Donald Trump.

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