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Salud Ortiz Carbajal: “I support unions, but this is about cruelty to animals, and we are trying to justify one good over a lot of evil. It is…”

On the recordApril 29, 2026
I support unions, but this is about cruelty to animals, and we are trying to justify one good over a lot of evil. It is important that we not use this issue and call it just jobs for a very small amount of individuals, in one State in our Nation, when it comes to really protecting humane approaches to how we deal with greyhounds and animals.
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Salud Ortiz Carbajal
Democratic · California

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Addressing animal cruelty in relation to job justification during a debate.

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