I'm repeating your support for the assault. So that's somehow something I started. No, sir. What I'm saying is you're adding a lot to it. Yeah. In the days after the fight, you did many interviews in which you justified the violence as historically justified by precedents such as caning and dueling. Is it today your opinion that the caning of Charles Sumner was not only justified, but argues that still for resolving our political differences with violence? (14:42–14:51)
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Asserts that [the Other Speaker] justified violence by citing historical precedents like caning and dueling.
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