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May 11, 2024 at 10:08 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The person on the other side of the aisle is not an enemy. They’re a fellow American. Our enemies are like Hamas and Hezbollah and the people who are trying to kill us. These are our political adversaries.”

— Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), quoted by The Hill.

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