Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 27, 2017
We cannot be afraid to call the actions of the Burmese authorities what they appear to be: a brutal, sustained campaign to cleanse the country of an ethnic minority.
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Nikki Haley
Republican · South Carolina

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Haley described the actions against the Rohingya as ethnic cleansing.

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