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29 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Weird, I don't see Ivanka Trump or Jared Kushner's names on this list of people who asked Trump to concede🤔
There is no reason to exclude them but to cope or deny. Which highlights a problem: We think it's just the people around Trump, not in his inner circle, who are the poison pills.
"Because they said Republicans," yes, hilarious then that two Democrats are the most influential people in the administration.

This is a self-own.
For the record, I'm not bashing Vince, I was just commenting on a list of bad actors with two names that generally don't make these lists. I can see how people took it that way

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