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EdmondDantes_

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56. Thanks for trying to point out the misinformation Franken supporters resort to is false

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:03 PM

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Not like we're currently dealing with the consequences of avoiding another person's sexual misconduct that could be avoided if we learned from ignoring a different man's poor behavior towards women. Trying to link all 8 women (including a Democratic staffer and women who told people in their lives at the time of the inappropriate touching) to Roger Stone (as you correctly noted it wasn't Project Veritas) is inaccurate.

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