Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 13, 2019
I think you are just showing that, even from this alone, you don't think of individuals born in the territories as being part of the United States.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett questions the inclusion of territories in U.S. census classifications.

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