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Mark Pocan: “On the continent of Africa, there's players from the United…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 44 with Jessica Stern

Published | Video Starts at 31:00

We talked a little bit about some of the countries where they have leaders that are maybe more authoritarian, more responding to what they think the Trump administration wants to see acting differently. But if I remember it right, especially On the continent of Africa, there's players from the United States that are actively working to have policies that hurt LGBT folks. Can you talk just a little bit about that? Yeah. You know. I. In a globalized world, ideas travel. That's just how it is. The good ones and the bad ones. (31:00–31:10)

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Asserts that U.S. actors are influencing anti-LGBT policies in Africa.

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