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Jerry Nadler: Police violence against Black Americans and suppressing the right to vote are two sides of the same coin.

On the recordJune 2, 2020
Police violence against Black Americans and suppressing the right to vote are two sides of the same coin.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler links police violence and voter suppression as systemic racism issues.

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