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On the recordJune 8, 2021
The difference between that administration and this administration was that the Trump administration separated those children from their parents--and some of those children still have not seen their parents to this day--and left us this big mess to mop up.
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley criticizes the Trump administration's handling of separated children at the border.

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