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Mike Rogers: “10% [of teenage girls] tried [to commit suicide].”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 16:04

These kids are under mental duress in a way I haven't seen. I think it was 20, 21, 30% of teenage girls thought about committing suicide. Now, I think that's a social media problem we have … 10% [of teenage girls] tried [to commit suicide]. … We have got huge problems with mental health. We've got to get ahead of the program, not behind it. (16:04–16:05)

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