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Trump said he didn't have responsibility to understand pain of Black Americans - DefenderNetwork.com

President Trump said he doesn’t feel a responsibility “at all” to try to have a better understanding of the pain Black Americans feel, according to a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward. His comment came during an interview he had with Woodward on June 19, just weeks after the police killing of George […]

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