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Abigail Spanberger: “I learned against these text messages the day that they came…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

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Virginia Gubernatorial Debate

Published | Video Starts at 37:51

In fact, it appears that it was the those who released the text messages and held them for years. So the public was unaware who had knowledge of these text messages for many years. I learned against these text messages the day that they came out and I denounced them as soon as I learned of them. She denounced them. Mrs. Murder. Importantly, at this point, as we move forward, the voters now have this information, information that was withheld for them, presumably for political reasons, but … (37:51–37:58)

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Asserts that she learned of the text messages the day they were released and denounced them immediately.

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