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On the recordMarch 14, 2016
My daughter is a kindergarten teacher, and the children are listening. They are listening to our national debate. They are listening to the television. They are coming to class, and they are repeating. They are repeating the bullying that they hear on television, and they take it to the classroom. The children are listening. It is time for civility in our Presidential discourse. ____________________
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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