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

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Standing Up For Christians in Nigeria | Rep. John James Speaks to House Foreign Affairs Committee

Published | Video Starts at 01:12

In the first seven months of this year alone. Hundreds more were murdered. On June 13, during the Yellow Water Massacre, more than 280 Christians were slaughtered in a single day. These are not isolated tragedies, but a sustained pattern of religiously motivated violence often ignored or even enabled by the Nigerian government. Extremist groups like Boko Haram, Fulani militia militants and ISIS West Africa attack, often without any meaningful intervention from authorities. (01:12–01:23)

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Asserts that religious violence in Nigeria is a pattern often ignored or enabled by the government.

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