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WASHINGTON — I had been strolling beneath the cherry blossoms with Rep. Pramila Jayapal for about 15 minutes on a recent morning in March when she was greeted by her first fan of the day. “Thank you for taking care of America!” a white-haired man in a baseball hat yelled out, with the enthusiasm of a tourist getting more than his money’s worth on a visit to the nation’s capital. “You bet, thank you so much!” Jayapal called back. Next, a middle-aged woman stopped us to ask if her husband could take a photo of her with Jayapal. The congresswoman…