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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T16:48:48.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Politics",
    "Republicans",
    "Republican Party",
    "Pete Sessions",
    "House of Representatives",
    "United States",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Sexual Assault",
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  "textContent": "When Texas Representative Pete Sessions went on C-SPAN to take questions from everyday Americans on Wednesday morning, he was probably expecting something a bit more polite than what he got.\n\nInstead, the Republican lawmaker received a call from “Jack, in Silver Spring, Maryland,” who chose not to mince words:\n\n“Your party has given the power of the presidency to an insane, pedophelic serial killer. You’re evil, and this—”\n\nJack was then cut off by the C-SPAN moderator.\n\nAmusingly, Sessions did not dispute the claim that Donald Trump is “an insane, pedophelic serial killer.” After nodded subtly as he listened to the caller, Sessions instead offered a wishy-washy statement about tolerating those with different opinions:\n\n“I would just say that I am aware, across this country, that there are people who have varying views. I would tell him that I can control myself. And I try to work on a straightforward, honest basis, with a bipartisan mission that I have with Mr. [Democrat Representative Kweisi] Mfume and the duty and responsibility of my job on Oversight. I would like for him to at least offer some credibility to—there are people who are trying to move this nation away from anything that would be a fight to fix.”\n\nSessions is a boilerplate Republican who has served in Congress for 28 years. He’s perhaps best known for his love of magic—he introduced a bill that would recognize magic “as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure,” which has been stalled in committee for 10 years—and his passion for trading stocks while in office.\n\n> C-SPAN caller to Rep. Pete Sessions: \"Your party has given the power of the presidency to an insane, pedophelic serial killer\" pic.twitter.com/lVe0HGTw08\n>\n> — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 25, 2026",
  "title": "Republican Rep. Declines to Defend Trump From Claim He’s a Pedophile"
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