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Ayanna Pressley: “Child abuse, plain and simple. I don't know how they sleep at night knowing they employed someone responsible for this…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2021
Child abuse, plain and simple. I don't know how they sleep at night knowing they employed someone responsible for this type of injustice.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley condemns the treatment of children under the policy, labeling it as child abuse.

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