MY TURN: 'Relationships are not built by political parties'
This country was built by immigrants. Some were forced here. Some came of their own free will. But with the exception of our Native American population, our descendants all pretty much showed up on a boat. That includes slave ships, steam ships and the Mayflower. Your ethnicity, your ancestry, the color of your skin? It’s irrelevant. You’re an immigrant.
My father's parents were Italian immigrants. They arrived in 1904. They sacrificed a son to World War II. He fought and died for his country, and let me tell you something, the country he fought and died for was not Italy. My mother's parents were descendants of Englishmen who came here to settle and build this country, sometimes with astonishing work ethic, insight and compassion, sometimes with a savagery so brutal it sickens the heart.
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