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On the recordMay 23, 2021
Yes. I mean, it`s disgraceful. I mean Kevin McCarthy is leader of the Republican Party in the House or at least he`s supposed to be, but he and Steve Scalise and Elise Stafanik have said nothing to condemn in any way this horrific comparison that Marjorie Taylor Greene made between the speaker following the public health guidance of the attending physician and the slaughter of 6 million Jews during the holocaust.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline criticizes McCarthy and Republican leadership for not condemning Greene's comments.

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