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Dems unite to boycott hearing on emerging threat facing America: 'don’t want to know the truth'

The Democratic side of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee dais sat empty Wednesday as Republicans questioned witnesses at a hearing on "Exposing Fraud in America," prompting GOP lawmakers to accuse the minority of ducking a politically uncomfortable issue.Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., the ranking member on the committee, was the only Democrat seen at the hearing’s opening statement and then appeared to leave sometime before Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., began his questioning of witnesses Nick Shirley, James O’Keefe and Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette.Otherwise, the Democratic sid...