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defector

noun as in traitor

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The most notable defector, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, said at a press conference with Epstein survivors on Tuesday that the saga had "ripped Maga apart".

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They are staring down a harsh reality: Without any Republican defectors, passage of the agreement is all but assured.

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Which makes the cynical fury aimed at the eight Senate defectors all the more remarkable.

"They pleaded with the interviewer to promise she would return to bring them to the South," said Jang, himself a North Korean defector.

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Because of politics, Cuban citizens face significant restrictions in traveling to the U.S. and defectors such as Pages face limitations in trying to return home.

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