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Cory Booker: “I do believe, though, all of us when it comes to violent actions or even violent words have an obligation.”

On the recordApril 11, 2018
I do believe, though, all of us when it comes to violent actions or even violent words have an obligation.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker asserts that everyone has a duty to address violence and harmful speech.

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