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On the recordJune 14, 2023
And so if a Republican who may even be sincere in saying I want us all to live together doesn't have a plan for how do we address crippling generational poverty, that is a consequence of hundreds of years of racism in this society and we need to do something about that.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama emphasizes the need for the Republican Party to address generational poverty linked to racism.

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