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Andrew P. Hunter: “Some Members of the media have accused Bob of believing in ethnic differences and in oppressing ethnic groups who want…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 1998
Some Members of the media have accused Bob of believing in ethnic differences and in oppressing ethnic groups who want to register and vote. So here is a guy who went to Mississippi when it was not very popular to go to Mississippi, to help the black community to register and vote, and who also marched with Martin Luther King, being accused of not believing in the community of America. Bob Dornan believed in the community of America probably more than anybody else who has ever walked out on this House floor.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Editor's note · Context

Defending Bob Dornan against accusations of ethnic bias and highlighting his civil rights activism.

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