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Lindsey Graham: “I think we should send a clear signal to China--seems to be a source of a lot of pandemics--that if this did occur in…”

On the recordMay 18, 2021
I think we should send a clear signal to China--seems to be a source of a lot of pandemics--that if this did occur in the lab, expect something to happen because if we do not, we are just going to reinforce this in the future.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes the need for consequences for China if lab negligence caused the pandemic.

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