Is This a Transcript from a Radio Interview with U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez?
19 July 2019Absent proper context and punctuation, oral speech can be made to come across pretty silly.
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Is This a Transcript from a Radio Interview with U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez?
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