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Showing posts with label Mitch Landrieu on confederate monuments. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Political Courage. And Eloquence
These words are unassailable. And, quite aside from the specifics, they're, just for for their eloquence, passion, clarity, bravery, and truth, a much-needed reminder of how regrettably the country has settled for the opposite in D.C. It's sickening.
I'd never heard Mitch Landrieu speak before. Now I know what I've missed.
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