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How Democrats learned to embrace Native American land acknowledgments
Paige Cognetti, mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, faces criticism from a Republican opponent over past remarks on 'stolen' land in a 2020 panel. Democrats have adopted land acknowledgments in their events, a practice now politicized in swing-seat races and debated within the party over its tone and implications.
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