Emanuel Cleaver: “OK, so if I hit Al Green with my fist, we are not really in a fight…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2018

OK, so if I hit Al Green with my fist, we are not really in a fight, we are in negotiations?

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Emanuel Cleaver

Democratic · Missouri

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Cleaver uses a metaphor to challenge the notion of trade disputes not being conflicts.

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Emanuel Cleaver: “OK, so if I hit Al Green with my fist, we are not really in a fight, we are in negotiations?”

Editor's note · Context