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On the recordSeptember 19, 2023
I, like so many Americans, find this behavior contemptible and far beneath what we should expect from our country's leaders.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon criticizes the behavior of certain leaders as unacceptable.

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