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WATCH: Dem Sen. Heidi Heitkamp High-Fives Chuck Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban

Emily Zanotti

Last night, North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp was one of 46 senators — nearly all Democrats — to vote against ending a filibuster, effectively killing a bill that would have outlawed abortions after 20 weeks gestation, a horrific practice.

Heitkamp, who is up for re-election this year as a moderate Democrat in a “red” state, probably should have kept her ghoulish celebration over the vote to herself, but in a fit of excitement, she apparently decided to high-five Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to mark her win.

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