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On the recordJanuary 16, 2006
When you're talking to an African-American audience on Martin Luther King Day, and you accuse the opposition of running a plantation, that definitely is using the race card.
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Carleton King
Republican · New York

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Peter King criticizes Hillary Clinton's comments about the House of Representatives, stating that it was inappropriate to use such language in front of an African-American audience.

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