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Rep. Aguilar Shreds Bob Menendez’s Racism Claim: ‘This Is Not That’

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The indicted senator has argued that he is only being targeted because he is Latino.

Alex Nguyen
Alex Nguyen 

Breaking News Intern

U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar listens as Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) (not pictured) speaks at House Leadership news conference (L).U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, arrives at Federal Court for a hearing on bribery charges (R).
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Alex Nguyen

Alex Nguyen

Breaking News Intern

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