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On the recordDecember 1, 2011
They don't have any knowledge of how you grew up and what kind of values you were taught and what kind of family you had. They just want to condemn you because you are a Muslim. They want to make you a threat to America, a threat to our military, and make a threat of those engaged in the military who happen to practice the faith of Islam. It plays into this decision to put Americans through this suffering so that they will then vote against President Obama and the Democrats so that the Republicans can then throw the welcome mat out like they have done for the large corporate interests and wealthy individuals in order to control public policy in America.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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