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Summer Lee: “We were afraid that the response would lead to precisely…”

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

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Forcing the Release of the Epstein Files | Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12) | Let's Address This

Published | Video Starts at 27:26

I remember after October 7th when we said, hey, we can hold both things, that we don't want innocent people to be murdered, no matter what their faith background is, no matter what their nationality is. And that We were afraid that the response would lead to precisely what has led to this genocide. And in those early days when we were trying to balance, how do we talk about this in a way that does not erase Palestinians, that does not diminish what Gaza has already experienced, does not erase the history. (27:26–27:32)

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