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On the recordJuly 26, 2022
If I hear another hypocrite stand up and say 'my thoughts and prayers' while parents are grieving, and standing, and bearing children.
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan

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Lawrence criticizes empty expressions of sympathy from colleagues amidst gun violence.

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