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On the recordSeptember 24, 2017
I mean, I don't know why on God's green earth the President of the United States has time to or wants to wage cultural wars.
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Bakari Sellers
Democratic · South Carolina

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Sellers questions the President's focus on cultural issues amidst other pressing national concerns.

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