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Source: CNN

7-7-18

GOP candidate in Kansas: "Outside of Western civilization, there is only barbarism"

The comments from State Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, a candidate seeking the Republican nomination in the race to replace retiring Rep. Lynn Jenkins, came at a July 2 meeting of the Leavenworth County Republican Party.

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GOP candidate in Kansas: "Outside of Western civilization, there is only barbarism"