Those who have been entrusted with the keys to the Division treated it like a buffet line at the cafeteria, cherry picking which laws to enforce.
Tom Perez: “Those who have been entrusted with the keys to the Division treated it like a buffet line at the cafeteria, cherry…”
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Thomas Perez criticized selective law enforcement in the Civil Rights Division.
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