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Emanuel Cleaver: “With Hurricane Katrina, some of the things we saw were Senator Trent Lott's house was wiped away, with nothing left.”

On the recordApril 27, 2023
With Hurricane Katrina, some of the things we saw were Senator Trent Lott's house was wiped away, with nothing left.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Cleaver highlights the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, affecting prominent politicians and the poor.

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