Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000020063

There has been much talk lately of a new Soviet openness. Today. I invite General Secretary Gorbachev to apply a little glasnost to the plight of this painfully sick man. whose only offense has been to seek emigration to the West. No party and no politburo can break Benjamin Charnys indomitable spirit. No squad of thought police has been able to imprison his soul. Yet the politicians in Moscow hold dominion over Benjamins physical survival. For him. an exit visa is literally a matter of life and death. It would be easy for us to do nothingeasy. and morally indefensible. Mr.
Keywords matched
emigration visa

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
PETE WILSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1987-03-31
Speech ID
1000020063
Paragraph
#1
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