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On the recordNovember 13, 2019
I think that one of the things that we have--we have seen over the last couple of years is women taking back their rights, and it is not just women. It is people. It is LGBTQ people. It is trans people. Basically, standing up and saying we won't allow this to happen anymore.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib discusses the empowerment of marginalized groups in recent years.

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