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Joe Donnelly just had a Michael Scott moment on race

By Philip Wegmann
Published October 31, 2018 3:45pm ET
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Joe Donnelly just had a Michael Scott moment on race
Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly speaks during a U.S. Senate debate against Republican former state Rep. Mike Braun and Libertarian Lucy Brenton, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Indianapolis. | (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, Pool)

Michael Scott has left Dunder Mifflin and is representing Indiana in the U.S. Senate.

At least that’s what it sounded like when Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., decided to discuss diversity during Tuesday night’s Senate debate. Listen to his remarks and watch for the cringeworthy conjunction:

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