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How Kim Kardashian became Armenia's most famous advocate

The reality television star is informally lobbying for recognition of the Armenian genocide.
Kim Kardashian speaks alongside US President Donald Trump during a second chance hiring and criminal justice reform event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 13, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)        (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

The day after Rep. Adam Schiff introduced his resolution to recognize the World War I-era Armenian genocide, his fellow California Democrat Jackie Speier had a second champion in mind.

Addressing Armenian-Americans at the annual Capitol Hill commemoration April 9, Speier told them that they had a “secret weapon” in their effort to convince President Donald Trump to take a similar stance.

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