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Amy Klobuchar: “For a U.S. senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team — which I knew…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2026
For a U.S. senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team — which I knew, knowing my Midwestern sports — and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag is something that deserves an apology.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Commenting on a colleague's sports gaffe during a hearing.

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