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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., pushed back against the White House’s claim that she has used rhetoric inciting violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In a Monday interview with ABC News, Jayapal defended past remarks accusing ICE of "kidnapping" people, insisting the language was factual rather than incendiary.

"I have no rhetoric that I regret. Nothing that I have said is rhetoric that incites violence. All of it is about what is actually happening," she said.

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Jayapal was responding to a Friday White House statement accusing her and other Democrats of fueling attacks on ICE agents with their rhetoric.

"Democrats have spent years vi

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