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On the recordJuly 11, 2019
This is not about resources. And to prove it, one only needs to look at what El Paso, Texas, has done without any.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Editor's note · Context

Argues that the issue is about will, not resources, referencing El Paso's actions.

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