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Summer Lee: I did not call them racists, but I said racism is an extreme factor in the denial of voting rights.

On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
I did not call them racists, but I said racism is an extreme factor in the denial of voting rights.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Sheila Jackson Lee highlights racism's role in obstructing voting rights.

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