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Gothmog

(145,462 posts) Sun Oct 21, 2018, 02:52 PM Oct 2018

Sri Preston Kulkarni-campaigning in 13 languages

This video also has a shot of Pete Olson calling Sri an "Indo American carpetbagger" Pete has really aged

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Sri Preston Kulkarni-campaigning in 13 languages (Original Post) Gothmog Oct 2018 OP

Apparently Pete Olson doesn't know what a carpetbagger is. TexasTowelie Oct 2018 #1

TexasTowelie

(112,329 posts)

1. Apparently Pete Olson doesn't know what a carpetbagger is.

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 03:29 PM

Oct 2018

In the history of the United States, a carpetbagger was any person from the Northern United States who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War and was perceived to be exploiting the local populace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbagger

I don't see how Kulkarni is exploiting the voters.

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