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turbinetree

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Fri Jul 5, 2019, 11:41 AM Jul 2019

King Duped Into Tweeting Earnest Praise For Col. Jessup From 'A Few Good Men'

By Kate Riga
July 5, 2019 8:00 am

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) spent his Fourth of July getting duped on Twitter, first retweeting Ken Klippenstein of the web series “Young Turks” and earnestly praising Klippenstein’s “uncle” — actually Jack Nicholson’s character in “A Few Good Men.”

King has since deleted the retweet, as Klippenstein changed his Twitter handle to “Steve King is a white supremacist” after the congressman retweeted him.

King was burned by the Twitter name change once more on the holiday, retweeting someone who changed their handle to “Steve King drinks pee pee.” As of early Friday morning, the tweet is still on King’s timeline.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/king-dupe-tweet-young-turks-a-few-good-men

Hey, Iowa, do you really think that some asshole making $174,000.00 a year has no clue what he is doing, because after all he represents you.................are you not kinda tired of being seen like him, I mean really--------------are you not ashamed..............................

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King Duped Into Tweeting Earnest Praise For Col. Jessup From 'A Few Good Men' (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2019 OP
Screenshots before King deleted his tweet.... Roland99 Jul 2019 #1
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