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Justin Jones: “Tennessee was the first state to do this change since the…”

Featuring: Justin Jones, Democratic | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 52

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INTERVIEW: Rep. Justin Jones & D.L. Hughley

Published | Video Starts at 14:11

The other representative who referred to people as wetbacks. I mean, these folks are racist. And we have to be very clear about that. Tennessee was the first state to do this change since the case of Louisiana versus Calais. But now it's going to be Louisiana, it's going to be Alabama, it's going to be Mississippi, South Carolina. The whole south is under assault by these racists. (14:11–14:17)

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Asserts that Tennessee was the first state to make a change since the Louisiana versus Calais case.

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