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George H.W. Bush: “I couldn't be silent in the face of a man who is an ex-Nazi, who is a bigot, whose past is full of racism.”

On the recordNovember 12, 1991
I couldn't be silent in the face of a man who is an ex-Nazi, who is a bigot, whose past is full of racism.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Interview With Julius Hunter of KMOV - TV in St. Louis, Missouri

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