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On the recordMarch 8, 2023
I'm not exaggerating when I say that you have called before you two witnesses who pose a direct threat to people who oppose them.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett asserts that the witnesses present a threat to dissenters.

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