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Richard W. Painter
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Why is @AlanDersh trying to lower the age of consent in this op-ed? 15? Really?
“Reasonable people can disagree about whether [the age of consent] should be as low as 14.”
ls @AlanDersh kidding (pun intended)?
Does he really think that?
“Moreover puberty is arriving earlier” so therefore the age of consent should be lowered? @AlanDersh was off the deep end when he wrote this 20 years ago.
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What’s a dumb Democrat? A Democrat who spends any portion of the few minutes he or she has on national television attacking the record of @BarackObama. Obama beat establishment candidate Hillary Clinton in 2008 and then won two elections. They should learn from him how to WIN.
Attack the record of @BarackObama who won two elections. Then a lecture on racism by a rich white woman from up-state New York who was a tobacco lawyer and ran for the House on a pro-NRA anti-immigrant platform. Not bad if you want to see a GOP presidential debate.
Why on earth would @SenGillibrand attack @JoeBiden for an op-ed he wrote years before she defended tobacco companies as a Wall Street lawyer and then ran for Congress repeatedly with the backing of the NRA? Of all candidates she should focus on the present or get out of the race.
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Richard W. Painter
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This $380 sweater is perfect for taking potshots at @ewarren from Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

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This $380 cashmere sweater is a walking talking advertisement for @AOC to run for the senate in 2024.
I know one Minnesotan (not me) who would be tempted to move himself and his voter registration back to New York to vote for her.
The last thing we need is more people in politics who advertise overpriced clothes, golf courses, hotels, restaurants and other things of interest only to the top 1% of Americans.
As more Americans fall behind we’re fed up with “lifestyles of the rich and famous” in politics.
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We know who’s not going to Camden Yards anytime soon.
@realDonaldTrump.
The @Orioles should invite @realDonaldTrump to throw the first pitch at Camden Yards in Spring 2020. The fans can’t wait to show him how much they appreciate him.
For the next game put @BarackObama on the mound.
We’ll see how much closer to the strike zone his pitch goes, and what the fans think.
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