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On the recordMarch 16, 2016
A lot of my friends -- I am not relishing. I'm not like ecstatic or taking Trump lightly by any stretch, in fact it's more pride in being able to beat back on that George Wallace-esque xenophobia in November that I'm excited about doing.
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Bakari Sellers
Democratic · South Carolina

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Sellers expresses his determination to combat the xenophobia he associates with Donald Trump.

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