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On the recordDecember 4, 2024
I do not think that that is something that can be ascribed to the nonpartisan public servants who simply have to carry out his own orders
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Editor's note · Context

She emphasizes that the Census Bureau followed Trump's orders without malice.

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