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Eric Swalwell: “We have an opportunity today to condemn or condone. Birtherism is racist. Saying a Mexican judge cannot be fair because…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
We have an opportunity today to condemn or condone. Birtherism is racist. Saying a Mexican judge cannot be fair because of his heritage is racist. Saying immigrants from Mexico are rapists is racist. Telling four Members of this body to go home because of where you believe they are from is racist. There is racism coming out of the White House. There is racism coming out of the White House. So where will you stand today? That is the question we face: Where will we stand? Will we stop and extinguish the flames of racism from the White House or will we continue to fan them? History and our children are watching.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California
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Jul 16, 2019

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