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Raphael Warnock: “We – we have to begin with the fact that this is a tragic form of American exceptionalism. This doesn't happen all over…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2024
We – we have to begin with the fact that this is a tragic form of American exceptionalism. This doesn't happen all over the world. No – nowhere else – where you have a country that's not at war – do you have this kind of routine random violence as just a part of – of the tragic everyday lives of people.
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Raphael Warnock
Democratic · Georgia

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Warnock discusses the uniqueness of gun violence in America compared to other countries.

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