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Hakeem Jeffries: “Well, she's acknowledged that she made a mistake when she used the super predator language. But I'm not going to…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2016
Well, she's acknowledged that she made a mistake when she used the super predator language. But I'm not going to outweigh 40 years of attract record of getting things done with one speech and one inappropriate phrase.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries defends Hillary Clinton's overall track record despite past criticisms regarding her use of the term 'super predator'.

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