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On the recordApril 11, 2023
what that Tennessee Legislature did was one, go full racism; and two, harken back to a day of 1966 and they're going to say, Bakari, don't call me racist. Don't play the race card. Well, no, don't be racist. We won't play the race card.
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Bakari Sellers
Democratic · South Carolina

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Bakari Sellers condemns the actions of the Tennessee Legislature as racist and reflects on historical parallels.

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