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On the recordFebruary 5, 2017
No amount of fear-mongering via Twitter or alternative facts will change the fact that on January 27, with a stroke of a pen, President Trump changed this Nation's standing both at home and abroad.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson asserts that Trump's actions have negatively impacted America's global standing.

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