Denis Kearney

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Ireland, Leader
18471907.

Denis Kearney was a California labor leader from Ireland who was active in the late 19th century and was known for his nativism and racist views about Chinese immigrants. Called "a demagogue of extraordinary power," he frequently gave long and caustic speeches that focused on four general topics: contempt for the press, for capitalists, for politicians, and for Chinese immigrants. He is known for ending all of his speeches with the sentence "And whatever happens, the Chinese must go." (a conscious inspiration from Roman senator Cato the Elder's fame for ending all speeches with ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam)

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