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Jamie Raskin: “They want to ignore the plain text of the Constitution and overturn centuries of governmental practice by not counting…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2020
They want to ignore the plain text of the Constitution and overturn centuries of governmental practice by not counting all of the persons in the United States.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin argues against efforts to exclude certain populations from the Census count.

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