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Gregory Meeks: “Photos actually depicted casualties from the brutal violence…”

Featuring: Gregory Meeks, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 5th Congressional District

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… expect the South African government to be responsible for the reprehensible views those opposition leaders espouse. Public reporting since then has attempted to set the record straight, noting that the Photos actually depicted casualties from the brutal violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. and backing up President Ramaphosa's assertion that the opposition leaders in the video do not speak for the government of South Africa. (38:08–38:16)

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Asserts that the images used by President Trump were from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, not South Africa.

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