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Maria Echaveste: I think that taking that quote and -- and blowing it up, and using such an incendiary word, is, I think, really mis…

On the recordMay 26, 2009
I think that taking that quote and -- and blowing it up, and using such an incendiary word, is, I think, really mis -- misguided, and, frankly, doesn't do this country and the public any good.
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Maria Echaveste

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Echaveste defends Sotomayor's statement about her background and criticizes the use of the term 'racist' in the debate.

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