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On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
And if I may, how are all of these efforts that we are seeing today any different from what we fought against in the Civil Rights Movement several decades ago?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez questions the similarities between current voter suppression and past civil rights struggles.

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