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Glenn Grothman: “In the 50s, 4% of the children in this country were born out…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

Glenn Grothman's Speech on Tax Deductions, Family Incentives, and Low-Income Housing Credits

Published May 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 06:01

This is why since the Great society in the 60s, we have gone from a situation in which In the 50s, 4% of the children in this country were born out of wedlock. And now...over 40% of the children in the country were born out of wedlock. It did not happen by. It did not happen by accident. It happened because the Great Society programs in the 1960s were designed to encourage this sort of behavior. (06:01–06:22)

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Asserts an increase in children born out of wedlock from 4% in the 1950s to over 40% now.

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