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On the recordMay 12, 2021
Well, I`ll tell you what was in common here was white supremacy was the primary driver in our government`s violent response to the peaceful Black Lives Matter protests, as well as white supremacy was the primary driver of their inaction in the face of the deadly insurrection of the January 6 attack.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
msnbc.com

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Pressley highlighted the role of white supremacy in the differing responses to protests.

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