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malthaussen

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2. Will the media now give a platform to another extremist crackpot?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jan 13, 2021, 10:35 AM

Jan 2021

There are 100 Senators in Congress, and I bet the average American could only name a handful. The rest are deservedly obscure. MUST the media raise a slimeball like Mr Hawley from the obscurity he deserves to be a household name? Do we really want his agenda to be legitimized table-talk for the masses?

-- Mal

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