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On the recordJuly 30, 2020
So, I'm going to close out my five minutes here by asking whether or not this disconnect that seems to be between what the White House is saying publicly and what they are sending out to the states privately.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn questions the inconsistency between public and private communications from the White House.

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