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Rashida Tlaib: Do you think if the people in that crowd looked brown or black, majority, do you think that we would be here in this…

On the recordJune 14, 2021
Do you think if the people in that crowd looked brown or black, majority, do you think that we would be here in this hearing right now?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib questions racial bias in the response to the Capitol riot.

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