He was Killed in June of 68. Nixon won the election, sent 560,000 troops over, and 56,000Americans 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. And now the Democratic Party is the party of war. (33:11–33:14)
CLAIM
Asserts that historically, the Democratic Party opposed war.
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