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Jeff Merkley: “Is there any other way to describe this than as racist eugenics?”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2022
Is there any other way to describe this than as racist eugenics?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions the Chinese government's policies as a form of racist eugenics.

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