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drmeow

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44. Gotta give Weber credit for this, though

Wed May 14, 2025, 09:49 PM

May 14

"Weber apologized about 12 hours later as the markup was still ongoing.

“Alexandria, you didn’t deserve what I hit you with last night at 3 o’clock,” Weber said. “I shouldn’t have done that and I apologize.”

“I completely accept,” Ocasio-Cortez replied. “These markups, they run late into the night — we’re at 3 o’clock in the morning, we’re tired.”"

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