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On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
Any suggestions of moral equivalency, that we are somehow on part with dictatorial regimes that kill political opponents, that jail journalists for speaking the truth, and indiscriminately bomb hospitals and slaughter innocent civilians should be resoundingly condemned.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Condemning comparisons between the U.S. and dictatorial regimes.

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