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Hot Mic: Dem Congressman Begs To Speak At New York Press Conference, Gets Shut Down

Eric Quintanar
Hot Mic: Dem Congressman Begs To Speak At New York Press Conference, Gets Shut Down
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Sixteen-term Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was caught on a hot-mic Tuesday begging a local event organizer to let him speak at a press conference about vandalism in New York City in the wake of George Floyd’s death. 

During the brief exchange, Engel can be seen talking to an event organizer, who tries to explain that there’s too many people lined-up to speak, according to The New York Times

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