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On the recordAugust 2, 2017
Well, I was outraged and it's just disgusting. We are in the middle of public health and public safety challenge and crisis in our state. It's an epidemic and to hear the president of the United States characterize people with chronic illness and our state this way was just an outrage.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Maggie Hassan expresses outrage over President Trump's characterization of New Hampshire as a 'drug-infested den' amidst an ongoing opioid crisis.

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