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Gary Peters: “It appears to me that a political decision was made to include the question, and then they sought justice to ask for it…”

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.
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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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