Summer Lee: “You know what States' rights are? Hanging Black people. You know what…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2022

You know what States' rights are? Hanging Black people. You know what States' rights are? The denial of civil rights.

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Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Critique of states' rights as a historical tool for oppression.

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Summer Lee: “You know what States' rights are? Hanging Black people. You know what States' rights are? The denial of civil rights.”