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Summer Lee: “Communities are sensible. They understand that once you give…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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America Owes a Debt. It's called "Reparations" feat Rep Summer Lee | Native Land Pod

Published | Video Starts at 07:36

And it wasn't like the polling was like, actually, guys, you don't have to fear monger. You don't have to contribute to the fear mongering that the right wing does every time. Like, Communities are sensible. They understand that once you give them resources, when you as a policymaker address the root, [they] will understand how we actually get ourselves to community safety. you know, and we still choose not to do it. We're making choices and then we're put. We're hiding it under the big tent. Yeah, I think that we can actually be. (07:36–07:53)

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Asserts that communities understand achieving safety through resource allocation and addressing root causes.

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