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Ayanna Pressley: “The majority of the people in this country do not want to…”

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

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CityLine: A Conversation with Congresswoman Pressley

Published | Video Starts at 06:38

So you had documented undocumented citizens, noncitizens, black, white, brown, lgbtq, disabled, young and old being terrorized by this campaign and taxpayers are funding that. And The majority of the people in this country do not want to fund [the campaign of terror]. that. And so when it comes to the pain currently being experienced while we are in this fight to Say, not one more dime. In my opinion, I should be defunded and abolished. (06:38–06:42)

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Asserts that most Americans do not support funding the alleged campaign of terror by law enforcement.

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