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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/14/nancy-pelosi-twists-an-old-mcconnell-quote-into-racist-statement/(permalink)
Author: the-washington-post-fact-checker
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Date published
2018-08-14
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  • “Let me re­mind you that when the Re­pub­lic­ans took pow­er when President Obama was president of the United States, what Mitch McConnell said is, ‘The most im­port­ant thing we can do is to make sure he does not suc­ceed.’ If that wasn’t a rac­ist state­ment. That is un­think­a­ble.”

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