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McConnell Calls For Death Penalty In Louisville, Pittsburgh Shootings

Mitch McConnell
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US Senate

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that recent shootings at a grocery store in Louisville and a synagogue in Pittsburgh should be considered hate crimes. Capitol reporter Ryland Barton says McConnell also called for the death penalty against the accused gunmen. 
 

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