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Kweisi Mfume: “The gun carnage that continues in schools, and supermarkets, and movie theaters, in churches, on the streets of my…”

On the recordJune 7, 2022
The gun carnage that continues in schools, and supermarkets, and movie theaters, in churches, on the streets of my Baltimore, in the streets of cities all over this country is a cross, ladies and gentlemen, that we all bear whether we want to or not.
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Kweisi Mfume
Democratic · Maryland

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Mfume expresses deep sorrow over gun violence affecting communities nationwide.

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