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Garret Graves: “This is not Louisiana. This is not Baton Rouge. What you saw today, number two, we cannot, we should not let this…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2016
This is not Louisiana. This is not Baton Rouge. What you saw today, number two, we cannot, we should not let this shooter dictate what happens here and how we respond and proliferating hate.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Congressman Graves emphasizes the importance of community unity and not allowing violence to dictate responses.

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