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On the recordJuly 10, 2019
This is an effort to address systemic racism in our country. And we've been developing this for months.
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Pete Buttigieg
Democratic · Indiana

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Buttigieg defends his Douglass Plan as a genuine effort to combat systemic racism, not just a political strategy.

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