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Wes Moore: “I was the first black Rhodes Scholar in the history of…”

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Published | Video Starts at 32:34

Is that something that you take to heart or is that a bad faith critique against you? Listen, it doesn't matter to me if it's coming from a Democratic operative or a Republican operative. Right. I was the first black Rhodes Scholar in the history of [Johns Hopkins University]. the school. So it's just I consider the source on all this and I consider the motivations, and I do think it's part of a bigger, bigger point. (32:34–32:41)

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Asserts that Wes Moore was the first black Rhodes Scholar at Johns Hopkins University.

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