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On the recordJuly 18, 2019
The President certainly didn't invent racism. But he's certainly given a voice to it and expanded it and created a platform for those things.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses President Trump's role in amplifying racism.

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