The Nation - News from March 2, 1986
Television evangelist Pat Robertson accused the chairman of the Democratic Party of “virulent anti-Christian bigotry” and demanded an apology for comments made in a fund-raising letter. Robertson, speaking at a meeting in Nashville of Southern GOP leaders, referred to a letter signed by Democratic Chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. that described the evangelist as a “radical right” leader trying to seize control of the Republican Party.
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