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On the recordOctober 15, 2019
I think that you're right on point, and there is a familiar saying--you might have heard it--that when the White community gets a cold, the Black community gets pneumonia, and I've found that to be relatively true.
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

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Rush comments on health disparities affecting Black communities.

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