And a week later, President Johnson remanded that order and sent 250,000 troops abroad. My father ran against Johnson, his own political party, in 68, on the Vietnam War issue. He was Killed in June of 68. Nixon won the election, sent 560,000 troops over, and 56,000 Americans never came home. including my cousin George Skakel, who died in the Tet offensive. But the Democratic Party has always been the party against war. My uncle Ted Kennedy was the leading spokesman against the Iraq war. (32:58–33:10)
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Asserts that Richard Nixon escalated the Vietnam War, resulting in 56,000 American deaths.
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