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Last night on @RealTimers I was able to highlight the story of @HolyLandMN. Madji Wadi, a Palestinian immigrant, has lived what he calls the American dream. But his once-thriving food company is now facing a boycott. Why? Because of his daughter’s old tweets. This is un-American.
Wadi has no defense of his daughter’s racist and anti-Semitic tweets, for which she has apologized. But he rightly asked me over the phone this week: Is it fair for so many people to be punished for the mistakes of a teenager? The question answers itself.
Please support Holy Land, which apparently has killer hummus. Thank you to @Foodaism for originally putting this story on my radar: forward.com/news/national/…
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Dear @NickCannon,

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