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Mandela Barnes: “Over half of the deaths, at least as of yesterday, 40 out of…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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WI Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on the GOP and 'Shit Show' Election: 'Remember Who Did This'

Published | Video Starts at 07:53

And the people who are being impacted are the same people who get the worst of it every other time. You know, Milwaukee's black community, the north side of Milwaukee, is filling the crunch right now. Over half of the deaths, at least as of yesterday, 40 out of 77 of the deaths in our state were in Milwaukee, primarily concentrated in [the] black community. Let us look at some of the people that are trying to do something rather heroic, given the circumstances. And that would be the poll workers in those five locations in Milwaukee and elsewhere. (07:53)

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Asserts that over half of the COVID-19 deaths in Wisconsin were in Milwaukee, concentrated in the black community.

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