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How odd that only Sen. Dick Durbin has a memory

Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill. is one of few people at a recent meeting with President Trump whose hearing and memory was intact.
Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill. is one of few people at a recent meeting with President Trump whose hearing and memory was intact. AP

Regarding the choice of language by Republicans attending the notorious meeting where the president insulted a large portion of the world’s peoples: Is it a deficit of hearing, attention or integrity? In any case, it is hardly reassuring that our so-called leaders lost recall of such an important meeting in such a short lapse of time.

As for me, I stand with the Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who has an impeccable reputation as opposed to the president with an entirely different history.

Ruth M. Gadebusch, Fresno

This story was originally published January 17, 2018 at 2:52 PM with the headline "How odd that only Sen. Dick Durbin has a memory."

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