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“Lies, Gaslighting and Maligning”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva Boycotts Trump's Speech

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"I couldn't in good conscience sit there and listen to Trump go on and on with what we knew was going to be hours of lies, gaslighting and maligning the very people that I represent," says Congressmember Adelita Grijalva on her decision to skip Tuesday's State of the Union address. "There was no attempt to bring the country together."

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