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Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) caused a blowup on the social media site X on Thursday following a post in which he suggested immigrants should be given rides on “Pinochet Air” — a reference to a Chilean dictator whose armed forces tossed kidnapped dissidents out of helicopters on “death flights” over the Pacific Ocean. “I think sitting members of congress calling for murdering people using the Pinochet regime’s preferred method of dropping them out of helicopters is really not great,” wrote MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes Thursday. ALSO READ: ‘Abuse’: Politicians are fretting about AI stealing their faces …

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