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GOP Rep. Shockingly Claims Her White Father ‘Was a Slave’
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“My father was a slave, just to a white man and he was white,” Kentucky Rep Jennifer Decker said when someone in the crowd asked about her family’s role in the slave trade.
Brooke Leigh Howard
Race and Identity Reporter
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Feb. 13 2024
12:44PM EST
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