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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
Brooke Leigh Howard 

Race and Identity Reporter

Kentucky state representative Jennifer Decker claims her white father was a slave
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Brooke Leigh Howard

Brooke Leigh Howard

Race and Identity Reporter

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