This is not pre-1990s apartheid South Africa, the country of your birth. This is America and there are more of us Americans that love our diversity, our rule of law, than there are of you who would like us all to be sycophants to your ego.
Gerry Connolly: “This is not pre-1990s apartheid South Africa, the country of your birth. This is America and there are more of us…”
On the recordSeptember 24, 2024
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Connolly defends American values against Musk's influence.
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