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Amy Klobuchar: “I think that these women -- you ask why they didn't come forward before. Well, of course, they thought something like…”

On the recordNovember 9, 2017
I think that these women -- you ask why they didn't come forward before. Well, of course, they thought something like this would happen. But at some point people decide the stakes are too high.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar discusses the reasons why women may hesitate to come forward with allegations of misconduct.

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