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On the recordMarch 17, 1994
You can hold a sign, and then you can hold a sign. If I'm trying to get someplace, and somebody puts that sign in my face and will not move, that's obstruction, that's interference, and it's totally different than peacefully protesting and counting our rosaries.
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Leslie Byrne
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the difference between peaceful protest and obstruction.

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