Mayorkas Gives Emotional Response After GOP Senator Focuses on Antisemitic DHS Employee Instead of Addressing Questions
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GOP senator focused on antisemitic comments from a DHS employee, which Mayorkas called "despicable" to suggest it represents the agency.
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Employee was placed on leave over social media comments made after Hamas-Israel war.
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Mayorkas, who is Jewish, said it was "despicable" that senator failed to address his questions.
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Mayorkas gave emotional response about his Holocaust survivor mother losing family to Nazis.
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Senator did not apologize but also did not raise the issue again during his next line of questioning.
