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On the recordMarch 28, 2022
I'm sorry that you've been subjected to so much pro-Putin pro-insurrection pro-conspiracy rhetoric, as if Donald Trump is a victim, not the perpetrator of perhaps the most significant ongoing crime spree in the history of the American presidency.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries criticizes Trump as a perpetrator of significant crimes rather than a victim.

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