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Rashida Tlaib: “Including 11 babies who were taken away from the only family they have ever known. In Detroit, we call that inexcusable…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2021
Including 11 babies who were taken away from the only family they have ever known. In Detroit, we call that inexcusable cruelty.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib condemns the separation of babies from their families as cruel.

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