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BHN-TRS 5-21-24: House hearing explodes into insults; Senior Airman Roger Fortson honored in death; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs apologizes

May 22, 2024
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By Black Headline News https://vimeo.com/946378408?share=copy In this episode, Cheryl Smith, Brigitte Jones and Julia Dudley Najieb talk in-depth about the purposeful insults that started from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), as she was the catalyst to the angry exchange between her and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and her and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). The insulting incidents happened

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BHN-TRS 5-21-24: House hearing explodes into insults; Senior Airman Roger Fortson honored in death; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs apologizes

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