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Bob Menendez: “Do you think Mexicans are criminals, drug dealers, and rapists?”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
Do you think Mexicans are criminals, drug dealers, and rapists?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez challenges Tillerson on Trump's derogatory comments about Mexicans.

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