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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 file photo, Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. In a sexist remark directed at Estonia’s president on Thursday May 2, 2019, Mart Helme, head of the nationalist Estonian Conservative People's Party, criticized President Kersti Kaljulaid for leaving the swearing-in ceremony when Kuusik took the oath of office, telling reporters &quot;an emotionally heated woman can afford to do that.&quot; (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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