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Well, they want to give them another headline, which is that they've arraigned a Democratic member for taking a phone call from her

constituent Jeffrey Epstein in the middle of a hearing. And of course, I don't think there's any

rule here against taking phone calls in a hearing. Are you saying anybody on your side of the aisle

who had a phone call with Jeffrey Epstein should be censured?

Be careful your answer there, because there's a lot more that's about to come out, right?

So you should think about what is the principle behind this rush to judgment?

At the beginning of that hearing, the ranking member Jim Jordan had the disrespect to Elijah Cummings. May he rest in peace in his name be a memory

after not allowing Mr. Jordan to shut the committee hearing down. And I turned to Mr. Jordan and told him to have respect for the chair and to basically shut up.

And that moment went viral.

And I began to get innumerable text from friends, from foes, from constituents about what was

happening in that hearing.

And I got a text from Jeffrey Epstein, who at the time was my constituent, who was not public

knowledge at that time that he was under federal investigation.

They've taken a text exchange which shows no participation, no assistance, no involvement in any illegal activity, and weaponized it for political theater.

Because that's what this is.

One of the legal councils or legal fixtures for Mr. Epstein was Stacey Plaskett, the Democrat delegate to Congress from the Virgin Islands.

So perhaps for those on the other side who are interested in talking to Jeffrey Epstein's

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