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Summer Lee: “There have been symptoms of racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism in the United States for too many years…”

On the recordApril 28, 2021
There have been symptoms of racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism in the United States for too many years and deaths proving its presence in too many communities in this country.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Highlights the longstanding issue of racially motivated violent extremism in the U.S.

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