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African American

irisblue

(35,680 posts) Sat Jul 16, 2022, 11:24 AM Jul 2022

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Officer Dunn and a tweet from this morning. [View all]

Link to tweet

His acknowledgement that slaves helped build the US Capitol is an important point.

I feel the need to add this information about the slaves who built the White House & US Capitol for completeness sake.

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/enslaved-labor-and-the-construction-of-the-u-s-capitol

https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2001/nr01-30.html

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Officer Dunn and a tweet from this morning. [View all] irisblue Jul 2022 OP

This man is a class act beyond words. nevergiveup Jul 2022 #1

He should be in a leadership role Deuxcents Jul 2022 #2

Wow, pure class... secondwind Jul 2022 #3

And, you know, in red states, Diamond_Dog Jul 2022 #4

It's good to see him back on the job. rogue emissary Jul 2022 #5

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