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Ted Deutch: “That said, if anyone in this room were starting a business right now, and part of the decision at the outset of that new…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2020
That said, if anyone in this room were starting a business right now, and part of the decision at the outset of that new venture was to decide whether there should be some part of it devoted to the espousing of hatred and racism and anti-Semitism, everyone here would say, nope, that cannot be a part of what we are doing, and it shouldn't be a part and it shouldn't be tolerated.
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Ted Deutch
Democratic · Florida

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Deutch emphasizes the need to reject businesses promoting hatred and anti-Semitism.

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