The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
AL SHARPTON
AL SHARPTON
Al Sharpton on assumption
“The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.”
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