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Elissa Slotkin: “Gun violence and the diseases of despair are physical…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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A Book Never Shot Anyone (with Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Cara Erskine)

Published | Video Starts at 33:46

A book never shot a single child. You know, teaching black history does not threaten our children. Being inclusive as a society is not a physical threat to our children. Gun violence and the diseases of despair are physical threats to our children. And as a security professional, I'm not going to mealy mouth threats. That's what I have done is try and prevent threats my whole life. (33:46–33:52)

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Asserts that gun violence and diseases of despair are physical threats to children.

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