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Mike Rogers: “I think it was 20, 21, 30% of teenage girls thought about…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:51

You talk to the schools, they're saying there's a line in some of these schools. 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 got to get our arms around. Here's the scary number. 10% tried it. Think of it. That's an epidemic. (15:51–15:59)

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