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Tony Thurmond: It is an embarrassment that he would say that slave owners -- slave owners deserve reparations, that he would deny the…

On the recordSeptember 7, 2021
It is an embarrassment that he would say that slave owners -- slave owners deserve reparations, that he would deny the impact of slavery on black people.
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Tony Thurmond
California
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Condemning Larry Elder's views on reparations and systemic racism.

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