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      I mean, it’s probably mostly a distraction from the real issue, which is they have a huge population who can’t afford to access to quality Healthcare (regardless of race). I’m sure their numbers would look even better if they excluded all poor people, but he’d rather stir up race issues than class issues.

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    Weep at the fact that America is a country where a senator thinks that’s an okay thing to say

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    Republican Jacky Eubanks said in a recent interview with the site Church Militant

    Church…militant? That’s the most unsettling site name I’ve maybe ever seen

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    This is exactly why we don’t have sufficient public services in this country. You name it; healthcare, education, labor rights, infrastructure development.

    Because people who aren’t white would have access.

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    “If you correct our population for race…”

    Like the Nazis tried to do. The Republican program.

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    Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Our Most Vulnerable Populations

    If you ignore marginalized and oppressed citizens then all kinds of things look great! Wealth, education, home ownership, health. Why did no one think of this before?