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Emanuel Cleaver: I tend to probably side with you on 99 percent of everything you said, but I am shocked that anybody would be shocked--

On the recordMay 20, 2014
I tend to probably side with you on 99 percent of everything you said, but I am shocked that anybody would be shocked--
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Cleaver expresses disbelief at the shock over racial disparities.

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