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John Duarte: “You are forcing child labor in the Congo. It's documented…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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Published | Video Starts at 03:39

I must also say that I am puzzled to find people who have shown no interest in dealing with forced child labor in any other product. You are forcing child labor in the Congo. It's documented. It's been known for decades. You want to talk about reparations? Your party wants to talk about proxy imperialism. In our history. We are practicing imperialism today through the chinese communist government going in to extract. (03:39–03:46)

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