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Congresswoman Checks Colleague For Mispronouncing Her Name: 'If You're Going To Say My Name, Please Say It Right' - Blavity

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wa., quickly gathered her colleague after she mispronounced her name during a Judiciary Committee hearing about protests in the state of Washington.

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