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24. Just a thought

Reply to cyclonefence (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 10:46 AM

Nov 2020

My thought is this when they broke into the DNC there was reporting of the RNC as well so they might have real dirt on them and so they play to his tiny fiddle because they are trapped so they tell the lie and gin up the base to follow

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