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Rahm Emanuel: “Ban all the social media for kids under the age of 16.”

Featuring: Rahm Emanuel, Democratic | Former Mayor of Chicago, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan | Illinois

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Raise the minimum wage $20 by 2030. The last time the minimum wage happened is when we won the house in 2006. It's been 20 years. Give the American people a raise. Third, Ban all the social media for kids under the age of 16. Like other countries are doing. The social media, Instagram, etc. Has actually we've allowed an algorithm to raise our adolescents, not adults and literally ban it as other countries are doing. (04:17–04:21)

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