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Cedric Richmond

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Cedric Richmond is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Richmond focused on issues such as civil rights, economic development, and healthcare during his tenure in Congress. He was known for his advocacy on behalf of marginalized communities and worked on various legislative initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life for his constituents.

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Aug 5, 2024

We're not going to take a lecture from a criminal with 34 counts of felony convictions.

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Jun 11, 2024

It is necessary, right? Like I said, there are--you know, I know in Benin and Togo, it has started already to do that.

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May 30, 2024

We have to communicate that under President Biden, we reduce Black child poverty by 50 percent, that Black unemployment is the all-time low, Black business startup is an all-time high, Black wealth is up 60 percent.

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May 30, 2024

Well, the best way to get rid of Donald Trump is to beat him at the ballot box and we're going to continue to say that.

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May 30, 2024

Republican obstruction blocked the George Floyd Act, but the president did it with an executive order.

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May 30, 2024

It's sad. It's sad to see so many Republicans just forfeit their morals and their conscience to please Donald Trump.

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May 19, 2022

They don`t feel like they have enough to sell to the American people.

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Sep 7, 2021

We’re going to keep our head down. We’re going to keep focused on the American people, not politicians, and we’re going to deliver for the American people.

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Sep 7, 2021

We can’t afford not to address climate change.

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Sep 7, 2021

We want to invest in changing and addressing climate change, because we know these storms are getting stronger and more frequent, and the devastation is getting worse.

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Aug 30, 2021

This is part of the reason why we're pushing so hard to invest in the crumbling infrastructure in this country, because we know that we need to do it.

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Aug 30, 2021

We're leading on search-and-rescue. So there's a number of things we're doing because we're very intentional about it.

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Aug 30, 2021

Well, the other thing we're doing right now is to make sure we can get the nuclear plant back online, so that we can provide electricity to New Orleans.

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Aug 30, 2021

The second thing I would say on the trillion dollars on infrastructure investment, that it's a trillion dollars more than any other president has spent.

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Jul 28, 2021

People continue to underestimate President Biden and he continues to deliver.

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Jul 28, 2021

I think what President Biden is doing is showing the real art of making the deal.

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Jul 28, 2021

Where you agree with Republicans, agree, get it done. Move on. In the places where you don’t agree, go fight about it.

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Jul 8, 2021

Defunding the police is a title that hurts Democrats, and especially when the fact of the matter is nobody`s calling for defunding the police.

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Jun 24, 2021

So, I just close with this. There is an old saying that when two elephants fight, only the grass suffers. So, this was President Biden doing exactly what he said he was going to do in both the primary and the general election, that he was…

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Jun 24, 2021

This bill is wildly popular. This is not a hard vote. This is actually an easy vote, just like the Rescue Plan because the American public supports it. So, my hope would be it passes with overwhelming bipartisan support.

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Jun 24, 2021

People keep underestimating Joe Biden and they`re dead wrong. He said from the beginning, I have a rescue plan and then I`m coming back with a jobs plan to invest in our physical infrastructure, then of coming back with the families plan…

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Jun 15, 2021

It is imperative that we have open and frank conversations, that we demand on behalf of our socially disadvantaged farmers, that there be transparency.

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Apr 27, 2021

This is why people wanted Joe Biden to be in office. They didn't want him to interfere with the Justice Department.

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Apr 8, 2021

I do. I want to know President Biden's passion about doing something about gun violence, and creating sensible gun laws along with Vice President Harris, and I think the country is shifting too. This is no longer the date. Republicans and…

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