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Jerry Nadler: “Let's just, for purpose of this hearing, call them weapons of mass destruction, because there are three officers in…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
Let's just, for purpose of this hearing, call them weapons of mass destruction, because there are three officers in Baton Rouge whose families will never see them again.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler labels certain firearms as weapons of mass destruction due to their lethal impact on officers.

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