Political Quotes

On the recordJune 18, 2019
I called the hearing or the interview a farce because she had White House counsel, her own personal counsel, about six different lawyers there telling her that she could not answer anything.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Pramila Jayapal criticized the testimony of Hope Hicks, describing the situation as a farce due to the presence of multiple lawyers objecting to her answers.

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