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Jesse Jackson Jr: Perry supports slavery amendment

By Charlie Spiering
Published September 1, 2011 4:00am ET
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Jesse Jackson Jr: Perry supports slavery amendment
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. today issued a statement strongly criticizing Texas governor Rick Perry’s support of the Tenth Amendment. From a statement: Truer words or more faithful ideas could not have been attributed to Confederate President Jefferson Davis or his Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stevens. After all, it was the Tenth Amendment and states’ rights […]

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. today issued a statement strongly criticizing Texas governor Rick Perry’s support of the Tenth Amendment.

From a statement:

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