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Thom Tillis: “I’d like to think a $15 million membrane could withstand a pocket knife.”

On the recordJune 25, 2026
I’d like to think a $15 million membrane could withstand a pocket knife.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of Trump's claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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