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Black Democrat Puts A Noose Around His Own Neck In Dishonest Attack On Rand Paul

Virginia Kruta
Black Democrat Puts A Noose Around His Own Neck In Dishonest Attack On Rand Paul
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Kentucky Senate hopeful Charles Booker (D-KY) put a noose around his own neck in an attack on sitting Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) that was so blatantly dishonest it triggered a fact-check style article from USA Today.

Booker’s ad, which was deemed graphic enough that it needed a “content warning,” showed the Democrat candidate with a noose around his own neck while he claimed that Paul had “single-handedly blocked an anti-lynching act” at the federal level.

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