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Summer Lee: “Let me ask each of you on a 'yes' or 'no,' do you consider racism, white nationalism a national security threat?”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2019
Let me ask each of you on a 'yes' or 'no,' do you consider racism, white nationalism a national security threat?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee questions witnesses about racism and white nationalism as a national security threat.

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