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Budi

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4. Original Progressive Leader Paul Wellstone was Jewish

Reply to question everything (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 12:20 PM

Apr 2022

This group who hijacked all he stood for as a Progressive & now run under the admirable Party he championed, are imposters & slanderous to his legacy.

"Wellstone was born in Washington, D.C., the second son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Leon and Minnie Wellstone"

https://inthesetimes.com/article/paul-wellstones-legacy

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AntiSemetism knows no boundaries. Budi Apr 2022 #1

Let's be honest and call them what they are antisemites question everything Apr 2022 #2

Original Progressive Leader Paul Wellstone was Jewish Budi Apr 2022 #4

Right, this was when the term was not hijacked by the left wing question everything Apr 2022 #5

Not a P & not a D either. Budi Apr 2022 #6

I'd like to hear from the Progressive Caucaus Budi Apr 2022 #3