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John James: “Republicans have refused to go into cities and to campuses…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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Published | Video Starts at 02:51

… have been doing worse decade after decade after decade after the Great Society Democrats and frankly have been failing African Americans. But we can't just point the finger at Democrats. Republicans have refused to go into cities and to campuses all over the country. And we have to do what the original Republicans did, mark down into where people are being oppressed. Then in the slavery times it was oppression of the body, physical bondage. (02:51–02:57)

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Asserts that Republicans have historically avoided engaging with urban areas and campuses.

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