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Tom Delay: “It's amazing to me that the left are treating verbal offenses as if they were crimes. Where is the public outcry? Who…”

On the recordApril 11, 2007
It's amazing to me that the left are treating verbal offenses as if they were crimes. Where is the public outcry? Who made Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton judge and jury? I guess, now that we're into this political correctness police, and Al Sharpton is the chief of that police, then conservatives can join the battle.
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Tom Delay
Republican · Texas

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Tom DeLay criticizes the left for treating verbal offenses seriously and calls for conservatives to respond to perceived political correctness.

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