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Tanuki

(14,922 posts) Sat Feb 11, 2017, 07:59 PM Feb 2017

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/11/gop-official-in-viral-town-hall-video-is-known-for-sharing-misleading-stories-bigoted-jokes/?client=ms-android-att-us

"....A quick look through Akins's account over the past year reveals almost daily examples of false, misleading or bigoted stories and memes being shared for his audience.

1. Black rioters can be compared to monkeys.
2. Chemtrails left by airplanes are a public health risk
3. Hillary Clinton murdered her political opponents......"
(Much more at link. )