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Bob Menendez: “Well, I understand decorum of the Senate, but sometimes, as the late John Lewis says, you have to get into good trouble.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2021
Well, I understand decorum of the Senate, but sometimes, as the late John Lewis says, you have to get into good trouble.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez explains his decision to break Senate decorum to speak out against Johnson's comments.

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