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This past weekend, Congressman Tom McClintock (R-Mariposa/Roseville) held a town hall meeting in Roseville that ended with McClintock leaving with a police escort. Citizens were upset over the pending cuts to Obamacare.

On the House floor on Tuesday (February 7), McClintock gave a short speech about the need for civility in political discourse.

The full text can be read here, via The Sierra Star.

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