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Summer Lee: I have every respect for opinion and speech that expresses hatred toward me because I'm an African American, but not…

On the recordJuly 13, 2015
I have every respect for opinion and speech that expresses hatred toward me because I'm an African American, but not violence.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee condemns violence while acknowledging freedom of speech regarding racial hatred.

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