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Pramila Jayapal: “Perpetrators of hate crimes have routinely invoked the President's name in an uptick of hate violence so drastic that…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2019
Perpetrators of hate crimes have routinely invoked the President's name in an uptick of hate violence so drastic that scholars have actually dubbed it the Trump effect.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

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Jayapal discusses the correlation between the President's rhetoric and an increase in hate crimes.

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