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Tim Scott: “If the definition of creating better communities is to run people like me out, as a person who grew up in poverty in a…”

On the recordApril 19, 2021
If the definition of creating better communities is to run people like me out, as a person who grew up in poverty in a single-parent household, if the definition of improving a neighborhood is to push me out, that does not work for me.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Tim Scott emphasizes the importance of community improvement without displacing residents.

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