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Sheila Jackson Lee: I don't know whether he wants to call himself racist or whether he has a racist bone. But his words and many of us know…

On the recordJuly 15, 2019
I don't know whether he wants to call himself racist or whether he has a racist bone. But his words and many of us know, that words can be inciting and they can provoke war over peace.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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Sheila Jackson Lee discusses the implications of President Trump's words and their potential to incite division.

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