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On the recordJanuary 27, 2021
When I hear that Representative McCarthy is going to pull a member aside who has made white supremacist sympathizing comments, the thing that I think is what is he going to tell them? Keep it up? Because there are no consequences in the Republican caucus for violence. There`s no consequences for racism, no consequences for misogyny, no consequences for insurrection.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Kevin McCarthy's handling of Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments and the lack of consequences for violent and racist behavior within the Republican Party.

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