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“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordApril 29, 2019
I do think that it distracts from the debate about equality to try to make those debates the focus of our attention now.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Dean believes focusing on abortion limits distracts from the broader equality debate.

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