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Ted Lieu: “There have been so many discharge petitions and successful…”

Featuring: Ted Lieu, Democratic | U.S. House California, 36th Congressional District

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House Democratic Caucus Leaders Hold News Conference

Published | Video Starts at 10:58

You may be trying to solve one piece of this, but that doesn't gloss over your voting record. And it's. And it's our job to, to tell that truth to folks. My view of why there's There have been so many discharge petitions and successful ones because of failed Republican House leadership. A discharge petition is an end run around the speaker and around Republican leadership. And when Republican leadership is protecting pedophiles, you're going to have Democrats, Republicans going, that's insane. (10:58–11:07)

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Asserts that the increase in discharge petitions is due to failed Republican House leadership.

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