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13 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Remember when the Arizona GOP asked if people were willing to die for Trump? (Dec. 12) chicagotribune.com/nation-world/c…
Remember when a Proud Boys leader went to the White House thanks to, he said, a "last-minute invite" & then the WH denied it had invited him? (Dec. 12) reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Remember when Sen. Lindsey Graham was pictured sitting with a Proud Boys leader at the Trump Hotel? (Oct. 2) news.yahoo.com/sen-lindsey-gr…
Remember when Trump said, on national television: "Proud Boys — stand back and stand by." (Sept. 29)
Remember when it was obvious that "White nationalists have found a champion they can get excited about in Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump"? (Jan. 14, 2016)? washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/…
Remember the neo-Confederates on the ground in South Carolina rallying for him during the 2016 primary, drawn by his anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim rhetoric? sg.news.yahoo.com/pro-confederat…

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4 Sep 20
Trump trying to deny what @JeffreyGoldberg reported after making more than 20,000 false & misleading claims since becoming president and calling McCain a "loser" on the record is not credible. After four years, we know who Trump is.
I will say as well: My dad is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. It is hallowed ground, a vast city of the dead who fought to preserve this nation in wars dating back more than 100 years, as well as of the men who commanded them.
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Reup this must read from July: buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
From the above BuzzFeed News story from JULY: Lev Parnas goes to Capitol Hill
And here's Lev Parnas and Trump at the White House, also from here buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
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Maybe someone should hold a hearing into all the different ways Trump has asked people who work for him or the government to break laws.
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