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Marshall Sanford: “I do because, again, to have an open and free society there has to be a degree of civility in the way that we relate to…”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
I do because, again, to have an open and free society there has to be a degree of civility in the way that we relate to one another to have real debates.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

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Sanford emphasizes the importance of civility for healthy political debate.

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