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Elizabeth Warren: “This kind of second class status is not how our government is supposed to work and it has real implications.”

On the recordApril 4, 2016
This kind of second class status is not how our government is supposed to work and it has real implications.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes the lack of voting rights for residents of U.S. territories.

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