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“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
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On the recordOctober 14, 2021
The select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas so we must move forward with proceedings to refer Mr. Bannon for criminal contempt.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Chairman Thompson announces the committee's decision to refer Steve Bannon for criminal contempt due to his defiance of a subpoena.

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