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Booker said on social media he aimed “to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis.”
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“I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our nation is in crisis.”
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“I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis.”
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