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Ayanna Pressley: “Collectively, we are facing a global pandemic, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and a historic…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2020
Collectively, we are facing a global pandemic, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and a historic moment demanding this country reckon with the reality defined by centuries of systemic racism and inequality and oppression.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the interconnected crises of the pandemic, economy, and systemic racism.

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