Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 2, 2018
It appears to me that a political decision was made to include the question, and then they sought justice to ask for it so they could hang their hat on that peg.
Said by
Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Peters suggests a political motive behind the inclusion of a controversial question in the Census.

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