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Harry Truman: That Republican outfit went to Philadelphia and wrote a platform, and that platform was the most hypocritical document…

On the recordOctober 22, 1948
That Republican outfit went to Philadelphia and wrote a platform, and that platform was the most hypocritical document that ever was written; and I called them back to Washington to see whether they meant what they said in their platform. And they didn't.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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