Gerry Connolly: “It says persons. It doesn't say citizens. It says persons.”

On the recordJuly 28, 2020

It says persons. It doesn't say citizens. It says persons.

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Democratic · Virginia

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Emphasizing that the Constitution refers to 'persons' rather than just 'citizens' in the census.

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