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Joy Reid: If Republicans get their hands on the Senate and the House again, they could pass a federal one, and then we`re back in…

On the recordJuly 12, 2021
If Republicans get their hands on the Senate and the House again, they could pass a federal one, and then we`re back in -- in 1850, they did have a Fugitive Slave Act, where you could make yourself a little money if you could catch somebody who`d run away from enslavement, get yourself a little chunk of change that way too.
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Joy Reid
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Warning about the potential consequences of Republican control over Congress regarding reproductive rights.

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