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Nev. lawmaker stirs firestorm over slavery remark
Source: Associated Press
Nev. lawmaker stirs firestorm over slavery remark
AP foreign, Tuesday October 29 2013
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A Nevada assemblyman under fire for saying he'd vote for slavery if that's what his constituents wanted says his remarks to a Republican group this summer are being taken out of context.
In the video on YouTube from the August meeting, freshman Republican Assembly Jim Wheeler of Minden says he'd have to hold his nose and vote for slavery if that's what his constituents wanted.
Contacted by phone Monday, Wheeler says he was trying to make a point that he's elected to represent his district. He says he wasn't condoning slavery.
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AP foreign, Tuesday October 29 2013
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A Nevada assemblyman under fire for saying he'd vote for slavery if that's what his constituents wanted says his remarks to a Republican group this summer are being taken out of context.
In the video on YouTube from the August meeting, freshman Republican Assembly Jim Wheeler of Minden says he'd have to hold his nose and vote for slavery if that's what his constituents wanted.
Contacted by phone Monday, Wheeler says he was trying to make a point that he's elected to represent his district. He says he wasn't condoning slavery.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/11040148
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Good rule. 
