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Jim McGovern: “The reality is that the stigma starts with the rhetoric that comes out of this place, out of the Capitol.”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2022
The reality is that the stigma starts with the rhetoric that comes out of this place, out of the Capitol.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern addresses the stigma surrounding SNAP recipients and its roots in political rhetoric.

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