“I won’t sugarcoat it – we always knew tonight would be a challenging night. In short, it could have been worse.”
— Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), quoted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, sugar coating the election results.
“I won’t sugarcoat it – we always knew tonight would be a challenging night. In short, it could have been worse.”
— Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), quoted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, sugar coating the election results.
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