Indiana senator walks back statement that interracial marriage should be left to states

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Indiana GOP Sen. Mike Braun attempted to walk back his comments Tuesday that the legalization of interracial marriage should have been left up to the states.

Braun attempted to clarify his remarks made on a conference call with reporters earlier in the day, during which he said he considers Roe v. Wade judicial activism and that the abortion question should be left to the states. He then said, in response to a question, that he viewed the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage nationally, in the same light.

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