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Michael Bennet: “More than 20 Democratic attorneys general across this…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Colorado Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Debate

Published | Video Starts at 12:15

But I did it because it was the right thing to do for Colorado. And the attorney general says he's really tough, but was completely missing in action in Donald Trump's first term when More than 20 Democratic attorneys general across this country filed a lawsuit against the [Trump] administration because they were separating kids from their parents at the border. That was very serious from my perspective, and he has been. And your fact check demonstrates this. He sued the Trump administration almost fewer times than any other Democratic attorney general during the first time that Donald Trump was president. (12:15–12:25)

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Asserts that over 20 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration over family separations at the border.

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