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Maxine Waters: “The thing that was most outrageous, and why I share this story. It is to show you how these issues not only impact…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2019
The thing that was most outrageous, and why I share this story. It is to show you how these issues not only impact disproportionately racial and ethnic minorities, but because she had no place else to go.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters highlights the impact of financial issues on minorities.

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