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Yvette Clarke: “Let me also say how disgraceful the display of rhetoric here today targeting our Secretary was for this committee.”

On the recordApril 18, 2023
Let me also say how disgraceful the display of rhetoric here today targeting our Secretary was for this committee.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clarke condemns the disrespectful rhetoric directed at Secretary Mayorkas during the committee hearing.

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