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Pelosi Slow to Impeach Trump, But Quick to Collaborate With Him
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
07 Oct 2019
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Shahid Buttar, a lifelong activist who is trying to unseat Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi in her home district of San Francisco, says Pelosi “has actively enabled” the Trump administration by submitting to congressional restrictions on social spending while “supporting Trump’s foreign policy and international violations of human rights.” Buttar is the former director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee.

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