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Ayanna Pressley: “There are no American families without the black family…”

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 27:40

When every movement in this country that has advanced progress has borrowed from the architects of progress, the patriots and defenders of democracy, which has always been black people. There are no American families without the black family because there would be no America. If control of Congress changes after November. What would be the top priority in terms of economic policies to address these racial disparities? (27:40–27:45)

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Asserts that the existence of American families is fundamentally linked to black families.

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