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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “But I am a Democrat every day of the year, and I run as a Democrat, and I run in the succession of Woodrow Wilson and…”

On the recordOctober 25, 1960
But I am a Democrat every day of the year, and I run as a Democrat, and I run in the succession of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Roseville, MI, Eastgate Shopping Center

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