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'Squad' member mourns 'empty' Thanksgiving seats due to 'loved ones abducted & deported,' 'mass incarceration'

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As Americans around the nation celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, progressive Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts — a member of the left-wing cadre of House lawmakers known as the "Squad" — indicated that there were vacant seats at some tables due to people being "abducted & deported." "This Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of our neighbors with an empty seat at the dinner table. Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families. Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more. A more just America is possible, if we fight for it," Pressley said in...

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