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Stacey Plaskett: “I am not sure if Thomas Jefferson should be the litmus test for what we should be doing for counting census.”

On the recordMarch 13, 2019
I am not sure if Thomas Jefferson should be the litmus test for what we should be doing for counting census.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett questions the relevance of Jefferson's views on census counting.

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