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nycbos

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33. I am from NY originally but I live in Chicago now.

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 07:36 PM

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I would vote for him, but I also worry he couldn’t win an election because I’m not sure this country will ever elect a Jewish president. I am Jewish myself I’m alarmed on a daily basis how antisemitism seems to be a cause that unites the right and the left.

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