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Jimmy Gomez: “The reality is that the statistics that we've talked about that are so poorly collected or poorly tracked, they are not…”

On the recordMay 14, 2019
The reality is that the statistics that we've talked about that are so poorly collected or poorly tracked, they are not, certainly, going to track the fact that I get a text message every time an occurrence like this happens from a worried parent or from a worried constituent.
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Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Gomez emphasizes the inadequacy of tracking hate-related incidents and its impact on constituents.

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