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Walt Amses: The Big Lie was a big grift; there should be consequences

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Jun 20 2022June 17, 2022

We must remember that the former president of the United States and his crime family are first and foremost grifters. Always have been; always will be. Liars, cheats, swindlers and, to paraphrase Elizabeth Warren, “money grubbers.”


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