Jeffries continues to defend Plaskett and condemn ‘dramatic overreach’ in censure vote

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Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) defended the bipartisan vote against a censure “targeting” Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) on Wednesday.

Jeffries accused Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) of creating a “political stunt by a desperate, failed candidate for governor trying to pander to the people back in South Carolina” on Tuesday in filing the resolution to censure Plaskett.

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