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Mary Gay Scanlon: “In July 1983, the Ku Klux Klan firebombed the Southern…”

Featuring: Mary Gay Scanlon, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, 5th Congressional District

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Thank you for being here. Thank the gentleman. He yields back. We now go to the gentlelady from Pennsylvania, Ms. Ganlon. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As we heard earlier, In July 1983, the Ku Klux Klan firebombed the Southern Poverty Law Center's offices in Montgomery, Alabama. The Klan carried out its violent attack because the SPLC had stood up against it and has continued to stand up against hate in the following decades, whether it's racial and religious hate, hatred of immigrants, or the LGBTQ community. (04:43–04:52)

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