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On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
I cannot--it is very difficult to sit here and listen to arguments in the long history of this country of using Scripture and weaponizing and abusing Scripture to justify bigotry.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez criticizes the misuse of Scripture to justify discrimination.

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