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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I hope that this will not be made, as it's indicated, a party issue on which every Republican will then vote against us…”

On the recordJune 13, 1962
I hope that this will not be made, as it's indicated, a party issue on which every Republican will then vote against us and we will find ourselves with a very close vote on a matter which has the first chance of bringing some order out of what is a very chaotic situation.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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