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James Traficant: “Elian Gonzalez watched his mother drown, he then clinged to a tire at sea to save his life, and after all of that…”

On the recordJune 9, 2000
Elian Gonzalez watched his mother drown, he then clinged to a tire at sea to save his life, and after all of that, commandos seized him at gunpoint. If that is not enough to portray a gulag, Americans later gathered right here in the Capitol to pray for Elian and Secret Service agents in full uniforms stormed in and stopped their prayer service. Mr. Speaker, one cannot even pray in America. Beam me up. Is this Communist China, or is this the United States of America? Now, I believe Elian should have been sent back with his dad, but do we have a gulag portrayed, or what? I yield back the fact that our founders are literally rolling over in their graves.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Elian Gonzalez case and the response of authorities during a prayer service.

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