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Ron Dellums, Antiwar Activist-Turned-Armed Services Chairman, Dead at 82
 [ROLLCALL] Former Rep. Ronald V. Dellums, a Marine-turned-antiwar activist who represented Known for championing "I feel blessed to have called Congressman Dellums my dear friend, predecessor, and mentor. I will miss him tremendously, and I will hold dear to my heart the many lessons I learned from this great public servant," Rep. Barbara Lee said in a statement. The Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Democrat succeeded Dellums in the House in 1998. House Minority Leader  Nancy San Fran NanPelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. Formerly Speaker of the House, but it's not her fault they lost. Really. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace... , who represents nearby the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... , remembered her former colleague as a "progressive hero and outstanding leader." "With his passing, our Bay Area community, the U.S. Congress and all working people have lost a dear friend. The world is a darker place without the warmth and humanity of this great man," she said in a statement. Dellums’ stance against the Vietnam War earned him a spot on President Richard Nixon’s "Enemies List." During his first run for Congress in 1970, Vice President Spiro Agnew labeled him "an out and out radical," according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-31 |
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