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Republican State Lawmaker: ‘Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist’

REALLY

New Hampshire State Rep. Werner Horn claims it was merely a shrewd “business decision.”

Jamie Ross
Jamie Ross 

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Jamie Ross

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