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(WTIC Radio) - Democratic Connecticut State Senator Saud Anwar of South Windsor is facing criticism over a photo taken at a &quot;No Kings&quot; rally.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgz52yqz000e01wqkjnpvzh5@published'}, {'data': {'text': "The sign he's seen holding reads &quot;Cholesterol, do your job.&quot;", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgz5m2og001s357tqi8wmi16@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Some are interpreting the sign as a wish for President Trump to suffer or die from health issues, while others argue it is satirical in nature.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgz5n4820021357tzznxuamf@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Senate Republican Leader Stephen Harding issued this statement Sunday:', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgz5orlg0029357tymmnwsxt@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<p>Disgusting.</p><p>\xa0</p><p>Hateful.\xa0</p><p>\xa0</p><p>CT Senate Democrats must immediately remove Sen.\xa0<a href="https://www.senatedems.ct.gov/senator/saud-anwar">Saud Anwar</a>\xa0as Chair of the legislature’s Public Health Committee.</p><p>\xa0</p><p>And Gov. Ned Lamont should\xa0demand\xa0it.</p><p>\xa0</p><p>This man is a doctor: He is someone\xa0supposedly\xa0entrusted with protecting\xa0health.\xa0</p><p>\xa0</p><p>Yet, he just posed, with a\xa0wide grin\xa0on his face, with a sign wishing\xa0death\xa0upon the President of the United States.\xa0</p><p>\xa0</p><p>That behavior is frightening, abhorrent, disgraceful, and beneath the dignity of our state legislature.</p><p>\xa0</p><p>No one who promotes this kind of vile and harmful rhetoric should ever be allowed to lead Connecticut’s\xa0Public Health\xa0Committee.\xa0</p><p>\xa0</p><p>So, will Democrats ignore it?</p><p>\xa0</p><p>Or will they remove Senator Saud Anwar as Chair?</p><p><br /></p>', 'componentVariation': 'blockquote'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/blockquote/instances/cmgz5pe6h002z357t849h0aty@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Senator Anwar responded:', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgz5p76t002p357ts8en51vt@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<p>Some Republicans are pretending to be outraged over a photo of me standing next to a satirical sign at a No Kings rally.</p><p>\xa0</p><p>Republicans are furious over a joke, but silent when our democracy, our health care and our planet are under attack. 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