California U.S. Rep Barbara Lee: "A doctor AND sitting US Senator felt comfortable saying that maternal mortality rates were only bad..."

By Oakland City Wire

May 24, 2022

Barbara Lee tweeted the following:

"A doctor AND sitting US Senator felt comfortable saying that maternal mortality rates were only bad "if you count Black women."
Don't tell me there isnt systemic racism in our health care system."
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Here are other recent tweets from Barbara Lee:

"Hope will never be silent.
Harvey Milk, Californias first openly gay public official & courageous advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, would have turned 92 today had he not been assassinated in 1978.
Lets keep fighting for the equal & just world he imagined. #HarveyMilkDay" on May 22
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"You know things are bad when legions of scientists are willing to lose their jobs or get arrested attempting to get leaders to act on climate.
Bold climate legislation is needed NOW.
washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro" on May 21
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"Abolish the Jim Crow filibuster. Codify Roe. Pass commonsense gun reform.
In other words: protect Black bodies." on May 20
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