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Cory Booker: “I feel not just my own pain, but I thought immediately of my dad, and I felt the pain of my ancestors because when I…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2022
I feel not just my own pain, but I thought immediately of my dad, and I felt the pain of my ancestors because when I turned on that screen, the very first thing I saw was the Confederate flag.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Booker reflects on the emotional impact of seeing the Confederate flag during the Capitol insurrection.

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