Gerry Connolly said "I grieve at what's happened to the party of Lincoln, the party of emancipation, the party of 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 21, 2021

I grieve at what's happened to the party of Lincoln, the party of emancipation, the party of 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

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Connolly laments the shift in the Republican Party's values regarding civil rights.

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