Headline Roundup • October 20th, 2017
Bush Delivers Speech For Democracy, Against Bigotry
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Former President George W. Bush gave a speech supporting liberty, democracy, and free markets, and condemning bigotry, the "governing class", and white supremacy. "Our politics seem more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication,” he said.
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