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On the recordJanuary 27, 2019
I think it's tragic that the President stands to put children in cages and to scream some of this racist stuff that he screams about folks who were doing exactly what Steve, you or I would do if our children were being threatened by narcoterrorist.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala criticizes the President's treatment of immigrant children and the rhetoric used regarding asylum seekers.

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