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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
No drama, just hard facts. And that is that, repeatedly, people have been asked to weaponize their lived experiences and their pain...
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley addresses the trauma caused by the administration's policies on vulnerable populations.

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