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Sheila Jackson Lee: What those who are on the streets are against is the mistreatment, the violence, the loss of lives, of those whose names…

On the recordJuly 27, 2020
What those who are on the streets are against is the mistreatment, the violence, the loss of lives, of those whose names I called.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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Sheila Jackson Lee clarifies that protesters are opposing police violence and mistreatment, referencing victims of police brutality.

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