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Carl Marlinga: “He actually voted to allow oil exploration and drilling in…”

Featuring: Carl Marlinga, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 10

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Detroit in Black and White: Carl Marlinga Hopes to Beat John James This Time

Published | Video Starts at 42:28

Well, I mean, I can kind of combine both in the same answer. It's just appalling and amazing to me that one of his first votes in January of this year was that He actually voted to allow oil exploration and drilling in the Great Lakes. We in Macomb county really care about Lake St. Clair and the Lakes, and we fight every year to keep the E. (42:28–42:34)

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Asserts that John James voted to allow oil exploration and drilling in the Great Lakes.

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