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Shri Thanedar: “One in three people in Detroit live at or below poverty…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 58:22

Well, that's a very good point because people have lived here for generations and they continue to live in poverty. Look, we are. Child poverty rate in Detroit is 51%. One in three people in Detroit live at or below poverty level. Yeah, and I mean especially right now. I mean, I hate to make it so contemporary right now, but like with that government shutdown, everything people are saying about the EBT cards and what's going to happen in communities like mine, it's. (58:22–58:29)

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