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Ayanna Pressley: “If black lives are truly are to matter, then that must mean…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Pressley Slams Trump's Attacks on the Black Economy, Black Employment, Affordability Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 33:27

And that's what Donald Trump has been doing, enriching himself and his friends. To your point about foreign policy, I do believe that we have to be united in the work of the broader diaspora. And If black lives are truly are to matter, then that must mean that the lives of our brothers and sisters in Haiti matter in the Sudan, matter, in the Congo matter. matter from Massachusetts to Mississippi to Memphis. Sure. Last question here. Sure. Well, I've been in Congress now for eight years and in that time I've always served on the Financial Services Committee. (33:27–33:38)

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Asserts that black lives matter globally, including in Haiti, Sudan, and Congo.

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