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Stephanie Tubbs Jones: “Every time someone raises their voice to question the results of the most recent election, we are told to get over it.…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2001
Every time someone raises their voice to question the results of the most recent election, we are told to get over it. Well, I am not ready to get over it, and neither are millions of Americans who watched with horror as the votes of so many people were discounted, and the Supreme Court that we had every reason to hope would protect the rights of all citizens went out of its way to trample on those rights.

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Addressing concerns about the legitimacy of the recent election results.

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