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Joe Wilson: “It is the center of civility and a civil state. And so I truly support civility.”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2009
It is the center of civility and a civil state. And so I truly support civility.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson asserts his commitment to civility in political discourse.

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