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Adriano Espaillat: “I have an obligation to say: That is not appropriate. You cannot do that. That is hate.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2020
I have an obligation to say: That is not appropriate. You cannot do that. That is hate.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Highlights the responsibility to confront anti-Semitic remarks.

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