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Ayanna Pressley: “Would you let your grandmother live in public housing?”

On the recordMay 20, 2019
Would you let your grandmother live in public housing?
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley challenges Secretary Carson on whether he would allow his family to live in poor housing conditions.

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