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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 734189" data-attributes="member: 12952">CNSNews.com asked Kennedy (D-R.I.), a member of the House Oversight&nbsp; and Government Reform subcommittee on national security and foreign&nbsp; affairs, for his thoughts on the criticisms Calderon made of the Arizona&nbsp; law while in Washington, D.C. last week.&nbsp;“Well, he’s right on,” Kennedy told CNSNews.com. “I mean, it violates&nbsp; the spirit of our own Constitution.&nbsp;“So, you know, we had a tragic history in this country,” said&nbsp; Kennedy. “The most shameful parts of our history were when we had our&nbsp; slave trade, when we, when we, the Trail of Tears–what we did&nbsp; to our Native Americans.&nbsp; And, you know, the proudest moments in our&nbsp; history are when we had the Civil Rights Act, when we moved forward on&nbsp; integration and expanding the opportunities for all of our citizens.&nbsp;“So, this idea of, you know, racial profiling, takes us&nbsp; backwards and really goes to the worst character of our nation and it’s,&nbsp; it’s demeaning to our country that we would move in that direction,”&nbsp; said Kennedy. ”It’s beneath us as a people.”note: Kennedy is NOT running for his seat.and his statements must make RI very proud that he isn&#039;t.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 734189, member: 12952"] CNSNews.com asked Kennedy (D-R.I.), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs, for his thoughts on the criticisms Calderon made of the Arizona law while in Washington, D.C. last week. “Well, he’s right on,” Kennedy told CNSNews.com. “I mean, it violates the spirit of our own Constitution. [B]“So, you know, we had a tragic history in this country,” said Kennedy. “The most shameful parts of our history were when we had our slave trade,[/B] when we, when we, the Trail of Tears–what we did to our Native Americans. And, you know, the proudest moments in our history are when we had the Civil Rights Act, when we moved forward on integration and expanding the opportunities for all of our citizens. [B]“So, this idea of, you know, racial profiling, takes us backwards and really goes to the worst character of our nation and it’s, it’s demeaning to our country that we would move in that direction,” said Kennedy. ”It’s beneath us as a people.”[/B] [B]note: Kennedy is NOT running for his seat.[/B] [B]and his statements must make RI very proud that he isn't. [/B] [/QUOTE]

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