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Antonio Villaraigosa: No. First of all, he took responsibility, and he said, look, I made a promise. I didn't realize that the Republicans…

On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
No. First of all, he took responsibility, and he said, look, I made a promise. I didn't realize that the Republicans would walk away from the bipartisan deal that you need to address something of this magnitude.
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Antonio Villaraigosa

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Villaraigosa defends President Obama's handling of immigration reform and criticizes the Republicans for not supporting a bipartisan deal.

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