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Jeff Shrewsbury: Burr’s bad side

It’s been quite a week for Sen. Richard Burr. Facing the election of the first female president ever, he jokes about her assassination and then pledges that he’ll not do his job if re-elected and ignore his constitutional responsibility to consider Supreme Court nominees? How is this man qualified to serve?

Jeff Shrewsbury

Durham

This story was originally published November 5, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Jeff Shrewsbury: Burr’s bad side."

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