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A Senate Democrat compared language from one of the nation’s founding documents to that of Iran during a Senate hearing considering President Donald Trump’s nominees.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., pushed back against the opening statement of Riley Barnes, who was tapped by Trump to serve as the assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Wednesday.

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Barnes quoted Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his opening remarks, telling lawmakers on the panel that “We are a nation founded on a powerful principle, and that powerful principle is that all men are created equal, because our rights come from God our Creator — not

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