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Wisconsin congressman blames coughing fit on dry throat

by Associated Press
| July 13, 2020 10:03 AM

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin congressman whose coughing fit at the state Republican Party convention drew widespread attention because masks were not required at the event was suffering from nothing more than a dry throat, his campaign said Monday.

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