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On the recordJune 18, 2020
The fact that the Vice President of the United States won't say 'Black lives matter' and not only that, went on to - to say that 'All lives matter' and that America from its very inception has embraced the notion that all people are created equal.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

W. Kamau Bell discusses the Vice President's refusal to say 'Black lives matter' and his statement of 'All lives matter' in the context of the ongoing racial justice movement.

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