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Peter Welch: “You make a good point. Is it the case in this country that it's Republican women or Democratic women or Republican…”

On the recordMay 15, 2012
You make a good point. Is it the case in this country that it's Republican women or Democratic women or Republican children or Democratic children who are on the bad end of violence? We know that's not the case. There is a lot of human emotion that goes into this, and it's uncontrolled emotion. We know that whether you are a Republican or a Democrat child or woman that you're entitled to the physical integrity of your own safety. So it's not an issue that should be decided on partisan grounds. It should be decided on the basic right of human beings to physical security, and it should be about the goal all of us, I believe, have-- that we want to have respectful and loving relationships, particularly in our intimate relationships.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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May 15, 2012

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