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On the recordSeptember 16, 2009
I have concerns about some of the language that is being used, because I saw -- I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco. This kind of rhetoric is -- was very frightening. And it gave -- it created a climate in which we -- violence took place.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Pelosi expresses concern about the dangerous language in the political atmosphere, referencing past violence.

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