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senseandsensibility

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6. It kind of bothered me that the Gov. and Mamdani

Reply to yellow dahlia (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 05:45 PM

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were standing with him. He couldn't wait to say that they had all come together in spite of their differences for this tragedy, but then he made them stand there as cover for his ridiculous, dishonest remarks. I know the tragedy just happened and people died, but it still bothered me.

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