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Gerry Connolly: “If you read about the Irish famine, which was an early form of genocide, a third of the population of Ireland died.”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2020
If you read about the Irish famine, which was an early form of genocide, a third of the population of Ireland died.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly draws parallels between historical events and current issues.

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