Rangel, Asked If He’s Worried About Losing His Job: ‘That’s A Dumb Question’ (VIDEO)

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY)
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The House ethics committee announced yesterday that it will charge Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) with unnamed ethics violations. The step to form an adjudicatory subcommittee to try Rangel is a rare step, one last used eight years ago in the case of former Rep. Jim Traficant (D-OH), who was then expelled from the House.

But Rangel isn’t worried.

Asked by MSNBC’s Luke Russert if he’s worried about losing his job, Rangel got defensive.

Watch:

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