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Rashida Tlaib: This is an ideology that I call the woke army. It is an ideology of activists who are going through America's school…

On the recordDecember 12, 2022
This is an ideology that I call the woke army. It is an ideology of activists who are going through America's school districts and our communities, and what they are doing is a threat to democracy.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib criticizes a perceived ideological threat to democracy from activists in schools.

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