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Don Beyer: “I would just like to add a personal perspective. I was raised in Washington, D.C., and I remember fondly my father and…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2019
I would just like to add a personal perspective. I was raised in Washington, D.C., and I remember fondly my father and mother packing the six kids in the station wagon with the blankets, but it was never a partisan affair. It was about Democrats and Republicans and families in our Nation. I had hundreds and hundreds of my constituents at the Lincoln Memorial say that this was the most egregious display of personal ego they have ever seen.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia
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Jul 11, 2019

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