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customerserviceguy

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3. He used to be my rep

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 11:35 PM

Jun 2019

before some redistricting several years ago. He is Jewish, and gets strong support from Jewish voters in his district, however it is bounded.

Setting up a fight between the pro-Palestinian folks and the Jewish people in NY is not a recipe for success.

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