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Pramila Jayapal: “Calling this a hoax, as President Trump did in the early days of this virus, was extremely damaging.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2020
Calling this a hoax, as President Trump did in the early days of this virus, was extremely damaging.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

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Criticism of President Trump's initial response to the virus as harmful.

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