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On the recordAugust 24, 2017
Let's not forget that he was one of the first cheerleaders in the birther movement against Barack Obama.
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Bakari Sellers
Democratic · South Carolina

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Sellers' criticism of Joe Arpaio's past actions and their implications.

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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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