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The influential South Carolina Democrat later clarified that Biden had "accepted" his assessment of Benjamin Netanyahu but had not explicitly agreed or disagreed with it.
Pro-Palestine protesters interrupted the speech to demand that Biden end Israel's invasion of Gaza.
Clyburn, an outspoken moderate and one of the most powerful Black elected U.S. officials, played a critical role in President Joe Biden’s primary win in 2020.
The assistant House Democratic leader said he is convinced Biden will run for reelection in 2024 and praised the president's record.
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"I’m telling you what I see here are parallels to what the history was in this world back in the 1930s in Germany, in Italy,” Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said.
Democrats are taking tiny steps toward a compromise on a key part of the stalled Build Back Better Act.
The House's third-ranking Democrat, who said he is asymptomatic, is the latest high-profile politician to get infected as the omicron variant rapidly spreads.
The third-highest ranking Democrat on Capitol Hill said he's "insulted" by Sen. Joe Manchin's calls for bipartisanship on voting rights laws.
The high-ranking House Democrat warned that his party will "pay the biggest price it has ever paid at the polls" if the bill is not enacted into law.
“I heard it the way he meant it,” the South Carolina Democrat said of Johnson, who insists his BLM comments weren't racist.