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Thomas Massie: “It's become a cover for ideological discrimination because if Ta-Nehisi Coates wants to speak on these campuses, there's…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
It's become a cover for ideological discrimination because if Ta-Nehisi Coates wants to speak on these campuses, there's not going to be any problem.
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Thomas Massie
Republican · Kentucky

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Massie criticizes ideological discrimination on campuses favoring certain speakers over others.

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