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Doc Rivers: “The civility in politics is gone. It's nasty what they did…”

Featuring: Doc Rivers, Head Coach, Milwaukee Bucks | National

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Nicolle Wallace and Doc Rivers Discuss Politics, Sports, and Social Change

Published | Video Starts at 19:41

I will say that. Yeah, yeah. But there's just something there now. You know, Tip O' Neill would go off on the Republicans, and then 20 minutes later, they were having dinner. The civility in politics is gone. It's nasty what they did to Obama. The first time I've ever heard a president get booed in chamber. You know, Marjorie is yelling stuff. Yeah. And then we have the one guy that stands up and they make. (19:41–19:48)

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Asserts that civility in politics has declined, citing negative treatment of Obama as an example.

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