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Sen. Josh Hawley has slammed the writings of Ibram X. Kendi, a prominent anti-racism scholar. Ibram X. Kendi explains how he is not a scholar of Critical Race Theory, and that in his book 'How to Be an Antiracist,' ‘I make the case that we shouldn't believe that anyone is inherently racist, or that we should identify anyone as a racist.’
Wednesday, June 30th 2021 at 11:16AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Ibram Kendi contradicts himself. He tries to argue that racist is a state of being (a Buddhist concept by the way), but he uses racist in the traditional sense in spite of himself.
Wednesday, June 30th 2021 at 1:55PM
Steve Williams
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Remember, I asked you in what grammar school is the Critical Race Theory being taught in the curriculum?
You never did come with an answer, you did hear why that was, didn't you Steve? If so, what did Ibram X. Kendi say about that?
Wednesday, June 30th 2021 at 7:14PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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He agrees with you Ron. When you show me the results of a survey of "every grammar school", then we can talk about it. Neither he nor you know the answer, I guarantee.
Wednesday, June 30th 2021 at 9:33PM
Steve Williams
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So Ron, you don't want to talk about whether RACIST is a transitory state of being, or a permanent state of being or MAYBE, just a bad habit?
Wednesday, June 30th 2021 at 9:37PM
Steve Williams
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YOUR WORDS: When you show me the results of a survey of "every grammar school", then we can talk about it. Neither he nor you know the answer, I guarantee.
MY REPLY: In Your lifetime experience in your education, have you ever been taught in grammar school a college Level law course Steve?
Wednesday, June 30th 2021 at 11:28PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Critical Race Theory isn't college level stuff Ron. It's a simple concept even my barely teenage grandchildren can understand.
Thursday, July 1st 2021 at 3:57AM
Steve Williams
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Here's my proof that Critical Race Theory is a college course.
How is Critical Race Theory Applied in the Classroom?
In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, multiple universities have responded to campus activists and outside groups demanding anti-racist actions be taken. Colleges and universities have responded in nine different ways:
Changing Admissions Policies – In an effort to ensure greater equality of outcome, several universities have taken steps to make their admissions processes more “equitable”. These actions can range from scrapping standardized tests to adding a diversity/equity scorecard to applications.
Implementing Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training – To get students, faculty, and staff to understand their “implicit biases”, institutions have required them to undergo some form of training, ranging from small group orientations to full-blown classes.
Changing Curriculum Requirements – Critical race theorists need to expose the broader public to the supposed racial biases imbued in long-standing institutions. To do this at the collegiate level, advocates have been pushing for changes in the undergraduate curriculum, ranging from a mandatory class on anti-racism to forcing instructors to embed anti-racist ideology in their class material.
Instituting Disciplinary Measures – University administrators have taken steps to clamp down on academic freedom, revising their codes of conduct and commitments to academic freedom by inserting vague language on “hate speech” and “racist language”, among other measures.
Politically Supporting Anti-Racist Activism – Institutions have either donated money to political groups, like local Black Lives Matter chapters, or re-directed students to politically-biased organizations in an effort to placate campus activists.
Funding Critical Race Theory Programs and Research – Institutions have poured in thousands, if not millions, of dollars into research on critical race theory and racism, ranging from grants and fellowships to new “anti-racist” institutes.
“Re-imagining” Policing – In response to campus protests, university administrators have taken steps to either disarm or defund their police departments, often replacing them with unarmed officers or mental health workers.
Providing Anti-Racist Resources – Universities have compiled lists of resources, often making books like How to be an Antiracist and White Fragility free for students, as well as live programming for anti-racist initiatives.
Taking “Symbolic” Actions – Some institutions have not yet taken substantive action to mandate curricular changes or fund critical race theory research. However, they have started anti-racist “action committees” or renamed supposedly offensive buildings to placate the demands of students.
WHAT IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY? https://criticalrace.org/what-is-critical-...
now Steve where is your proof that this class The Critical Race Theory is being taught in grammar school?
because your case looks like a LIE.
Thursday, July 1st 2021 at 9:24AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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I SAID, "YOU CAN'T PROVE IT'S NOT TAUGHT IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL." Have you talked to ANY grammar school students at all Ron? I will have more to say after I copy into an editor and print your post above so I can actually read it, all because of the stupid picture of squid head (again) Joy Reid.
Thursday, July 1st 2021 at 11:43AM
Steve Williams
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Ron, when the name of any grammar school is changed because of negative racial connotations, that is teaching critical race theory to the entire student body of that school.
Thursday, July 1st 2021 at 12:24PM
Steve Williams
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Abraham Lincoln, out. George Washington, gone. San Francisco votes to rename 44 schools for namesakes' ties to racism, slavery.
Abraham Lincoln. Dianne Feinstein. George Washington. Paul Revere.
These names are among ones that must be removed from public schools because of their ties to slavery, oppression, or racism, San Francisco school board officials decided by a 6-1 vote on Tuesday night.
More than a third of the district’s 125 schools made the list of objectionable names, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Schools will have until April to offer new names, which will then be voted on by board members.
The new namesakes must adhere to a set of guidelines, including that individuals proposed must not have been slave owners or abetted in slavery or genocide, violated human rights violations, or be "known racists and/or white supremacists."
Feinstein, a U.S. senator from California since 1992, was added to the list because she replaced a vandalized Confederate flag as the city's mayor.
'Designed to denigrate, exclude and oppress': More than 240 US schools are named after Confederate leaders and about half serve majority non-white students
Critics had argued that the process was rushed, citing little to no input from historians and a lack of information on the basis for each recommendation. And even before the board's decision, there was opposition of the renaming effort, both within San Francisco and at the national level.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed in December called it "offensive" for SFUSD to be focused on renaming schools in the midst of a global health pandemic.
On Wednesday, Breed said in a statement: "This is an important conversation to have, and one that we should involve our communities, our families, and our students. What I cannot understand is why the School Board is advancing a plan to have all these schools renamed by April, when there isn’t a plan to have our kids back in the classroom by then."
School board members argued that the district is capable of pursuing multiple priorities at the same time, and that the push for renaming schools is timely and important given the country’s racial reckoning.
“It’s a message to our families, our students and our community,” school board member Mark Sanchez said during the meeting. “It’s not just symbolic. It’s a moral message.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/educat...
Thursday, July 1st 2021 at 12:32PM
Steve Williams
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Is this your answer, San Francisco votes to rename 44 schools for namesakes' ties to racism, slavery. Renaming of School is not teaching critical race theory SORRY try again.
nothing here, move On!!!
Friday, July 2nd 2021 at 8:57AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Think about it Ron. You can't rename a school without explaining why to the students.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 at 10:11AM
Steve Williams
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Then Steve, if you was the teacher, how would you explain why to the students?
Friday, July 2nd 2021 at 11:02PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Tell me who exactly you want to cancel.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 at 11:28PM
Steve Williams
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You are talking about explaining to children why the school name was changed, is that correct?
If so, if you was the teacher, how would you explain why to the students?
Saturday, July 3rd 2021 at 7:35AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Excuse me Ron, what is the name? Who is the person or thing whose name is being changed? Then I might be able to tell you what my explanation for changing the name might be.
Saturday, July 3rd 2021 at 10:30AM
Steve Williams
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Is this your answer, San Francisco votes to rename 44 schools for namesakes' ties to racism, slavery. Renaming of School is not teaching critical race theory SORRY try again.
Saturday, July 3rd 2021 at 11:28PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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I'll pick one then Ron. Abraham Lincoln. I would have to teach my students about how Honest Abe started his career by persecuting the Indian Tribes led by Chief Black Hawk. Then I would teach how secession by the States, any State, is NO reason for war, and how Honest Abe failed on that score too.
Sunday, July 4th 2021 at 1:58PM
Steve Williams
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That is not critical race theory Steve, what you are talking about looks like FACTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY to me. THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, NOT HERE STEVE. Try again!
Sunday, July 4th 2021 at 3:46PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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It's critical race theory because those are not the facts traditionally taught. You know that Abraham Lincoln is taught to be a moral exemplar. In reality he was just an ordinary white guy, like President Empath.
Sunday, July 4th 2021 at 4:04PM
Steve Williams
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THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY
Steve this is How is Critical Race Theory Applied in the Classroom? Now pay attention because I will be asking you some questions as well since you believe that THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY is being taught in grammar school.
How is Critical Race Theory Applied in the Classroom?
In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, multiple universities have responded to campus activists and outside groups demanding anti-racist actions be taken. Colleges and universities have responded in nine different ways:
1. Changing Admissions Policies – In an effort to ensure greater equality of outcome, several universities have taken steps to make their admissions processes more “equitable”. These actions can range from scrapping standardized tests to adding a diversity/equity scorecard to applications.
Steve, we both know this ruling is NOT at the Grammer School level, would you agree?
2. Implementing Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training – To get students, faculty, and staff to understand their “implicit biases”, institutions have required them to undergo some form of training, ranging from small group orientations to full-blown classes.
I am sure you would agree that the second provision you would find at the college level as well.
3. Changing Curriculum Requirements – Critical race theorists need to expose the broader public to the supposed racial biases imbued in long-standing institutions. To do this at the collegiate level, advocates have been pushing for changes in the undergraduate curriculum, ranging from a mandatory class on anti-racism to forcing instructors to embed anti-racist ideology in their class material.
Do I need to say any more? Now where is your proof because all I see is just more lip and no action Steve to support your position?
I am Standing By Steve.
Sunday, July 4th 2021 at 8:24PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Your cut and paste is from a college perspective Ron. There is nothing in your cut and paste to prevent anyone teaching George Floyd and Black Lives Matter to sixth graders. Even Floyd's little girl was TAUGHT, "Daddy changed the world."
Sunday, July 4th 2021 at 10:33PM
Steve Williams
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Then if that is the case, tell me and the people here on Black In America What grammar school is teaching this Critical Race Theory Curriculum?
Remember Steve, this subject is about Critical Race Theory and not Black Live Matter. I see that you are all over the place tonight.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 12:55AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Critical race theory is taught in Loudoun County grammar schools Ron. They call it Diversity Training and it's the same thing. It's all about being WOKE.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 11:01AM
Steve Williams
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No Steve, that is a LIE and you know that. Critical Race Theory Is Critical Race Theory and don’t need to be renamed by any manor.
How is Critical Race Theory Applied in the Classroom?
In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, multiple universities have responded to campus activists and outside groups demanding anti-racist actions be taken. Colleges and universities have responded in nine different ways:
1. Changing Admissions Policies – In an effort to ensure greater equality of outcome, several universities have taken steps to make their admissions processes more “equitable”. These actions can range from scrapping standardized tests to adding a diversity/equity scorecard to applications.
Steve, we both know this ruling is NOT at the Grammer School level, would you agree?
2. Implementing Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training – To get students, faculty, and staff to understand their “implicit biases”, institutions have required them to undergo some form of training, ranging from small group orientations to full-blown classes.
I am sure you would agree that the second provision you would find at the college level as well.
3. Changing Curriculum Requirements – Critical race theorists need to expose the broader public to the supposed racial biases imbued in long-standing institutions. To do this at the collegiate level, advocates have been pushing for changes in the undergraduate curriculum, ranging from a mandatory class on anti-racism to forcing instructors to embed anti-racist ideology in their class material.
Do I need to say any more? Now where is your proof because all I see is just more lip and no action Steve to support your position?
I am Standing By Steve.
Don’t bring me your BULL 💩, bring me your proof to back up you words, can you do that on your next reply.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 1:25PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Don't be dense. Just because English is taught in college (in your words, "at the collegiate level"). doesn't mean it's not taught in grammar school. The parents in Loudoun County are against the teaching of critical race theory and the parents are always right. They are not imagining things Ron. It's a real problem.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 4:18PM
Steve Williams
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What, No Proof!!! How Many times must I tell you that, you cannot prove a lie.
Steve, the subject of this blog is “ Critical Race Theory “ and not English in your field attempt to divert the subject.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 7:01PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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I am talking about critical race theory Ron, not English. Just because Critical Race Theory is taught in college (in your words, "at the collegiate level"). doesn't mean it's not taught in grammar school.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 8:11PM
Steve Williams
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All I asked you to do is PROVIDE YOUR PROOF Steve, how many times do I have to ask you the same question?
How is Critical Race Theory Applied in the Classroom?
In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, multiple universities have responded to campus activists and outside groups demanding anti-racist actions be taken. Colleges and universities have responded in nine different ways:
1. Changing Admissions Policies – In an effort to ensure greater equality of outcome, several universities have taken steps to make their admissions processes more “equitable”. These actions can range from scrapping standardized tests to adding a diversity/equity scorecard to applications.
Steve, we both know this ruling is NOT at the Grammer School level, would you agree?
2. Implementing Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training – To get students, faculty, and staff to understand their “implicit biases”, institutions have required them to undergo some form of training, ranging from small group orientations to full-blown classes.
I am sure you would agree that the second provision you would find at the college level as well.
3. Changing Curriculum Requirements – Critical race theorists need to expose the broader public to the supposed racial biases imbued in long-standing institutions. To do this at the collegiate level, advocates have been pushing for changes in the undergraduate curriculum, ranging from a mandatory class on anti-racism to forcing instructors to embed anti-racist ideology in their class material.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 8:26PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Critical race theory (CRT) is a body of legal scholarship and an academic movement of civil-rights scholars and activists in the United States that seeks to critically examine U.S. law as it intersects with issues of race in the U.S. and to challenge mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice. CRT examines social, cultural and legal issues primarily as they relate to race and racism in the United States.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 8:31PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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CRT originated in the mid 1970s in the writings of several American legal scholars, including Derrick Bell, Alan Freeman, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Richard Delgado, Cheryl Harris, Charles R. Lawrence III, Mari Matsuda, and Patricia J. Williams. It emerged as a movement by the 1980s, reworking theories of critical legal studies (CLS) with more focus on race.[1][7] CRT is grounded in critical theory[8] and draws from thinkers such as Antonio Gramsci, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, and W. E. B. DuBois, as well as the Black Power, Chicano, and radical feminist movements from the 1960s and 1970s.[1]
While critical race theorists do not all share the same beliefs, the basic tenets of CRT include that racism and disparate racial outcomes are the result of complex, changing and often subtle social and institutional dynamics rather than explicit and intentional prejudices on the part of individuals.
CRT scholars also view race and white supremacy as an intersectional social construction which serves to uphold the interests of white people against those of marginalized communities at large. In the field of legal studies, CRT emphasizes that merely making laws colorblind on paper may not be enough to make the application of the laws colorblind; ostensibly colorblind laws can be applied in racially discriminatory ways. A key CRT concept is intersectionality, which emphasizes that race can intersect with other identities (such as gender and class) to produce complex combinations of power and disadvantage.
Academic critics of CRT argue that it relies on social constructionism, elevates storytelling over evidence and reason, rejects the concepts of truth and merit, and opposes liberalism.[17][18][19] Since 2020, conservative lawmakers in the United States have sought to ban or restrict critical race theory instruction along with other anti-racism programs. Critics of these efforts say the lawmakers have poorly defined or misrepresented the tenets and importance of CRT and that the goal of the laws is to silence broader discussions of racism, equality, social justice, and the history of race.
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 8:50PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Steve, all I want to see is your proof that Critical Race Theory is being taught in GRAMMAR SCHOOL, can you show me your proof on your next reply?
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 9:00PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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The proof is the testimony of the Loudoun County School District parents. Do you really expect me to believe those 100s of parents are wrong?
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 9:17PM
Steve Williams
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What do you call this Ron?
Just outside Portland in the Beaverton School District, a video was presented in which Social Justice Activist and Author Sonya Renee Taylor explains to THIRD GRADERS that non-people of color should just say ‘I’m racist’ and acknowledge that America is a racist nation.
“One of the most freeing things that white people can do or non-poc people, actually any human being on the planet could do right now is to just say ‘of course I’m racist’.
https://deepstaterabbithole.com/teacher-ca...
Rufo told Ingraham, “Portland area schools have adopted a new philosophy called ‘The Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ which was originally a Marxist theory that came from Brazil as one of their key teaching frameworks. And what you’re seeing is that students are being told that they need to achieve ‘critical consciousness about their own oppression’ and then the education system needs to be reoriented towards achieving liberation and achieving revolution. And you see it in every facet of the schooling.”
Monday, July 5th 2021 at 10:28PM
Steve Williams
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If teachers are culturally responsive and inclusive, your district is already teaching components of critical race theory, says professor Cleveland Hayes.
Though a small number of states moved quickly to ban the teaching of critical race theory, also known as “CRT,” administrators in many districts have bolstered anti-racism curricula in the wake of COVID’s disproportionate impacts and last summer’s racial justice protests.
“There are six guiding principles in the critical race theory framework and the one people are upset about is the one that says racism is endemic to the U.S., which is not up for debate,” says Hayes, the associate dean for academic affairs and a professor in Urban Teacher Education at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.
“But CRT is not an exclusive framework, it’s inclusive,” Hayes says.
Here are ways educators can embed critical race theory and anti-racism in instruction.
1. Invest in a child’s experiences: “Children are not empty slates,” Hayes says. He, therefore, instructs his teaching students to use children’s lived experiences to frame curriculum and pedagogy that aligns with state standards.
And that means covering black history in the U.S. must beyond slavery. “The black experience in the U.S. begins earlier than slavery,” he says.
Teachers can also recognize the brilliance and abilities children bring to school. “They’re not these broken children who need to be fixed—that’s not our job,” Hayes says. “It’s part of recognizing their humanity and capitalizing on the brilliance kids bring to school.”
2. Take an interdisciplinary approach: Teachers in all subjects—from social studies to math to P.E.—can put children’s life experiences at the center of instruction, Hayes says.
When it comes to teaching about racism, the goal of critical race theory is not to “cancel” white culture, Hayes says. However, this intersectionality helps to open white student’s eyes to the discrimination faced by classmates of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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“We will never get to racial healing until people recognize that these are real experiences,” Hayes says. “I tell my students, ‘I am a professor, I am middle class, but there are things I have to think about that someone who presents as a white male never has to think about.”
3. Educators showing courage: In states and districts banning critical race theory, educators may have to take a stand on critical race theory and anti-racism.
This is where administrators can bring their privilege to bear, Hayes says.
“If you’re doing the right by the teachers in your district, they will rally around you when people at the school board start pushing back on you,” he says. “It all boils down to courage and not being intimidated or afraid to have conversations with people in the community.”
He also urges white educators to look outside themselves to the bigger picture.
“If you’re white, don’t make this about you—it’s not about you,” he says.”It’s really about creating a space where all children can grow and we can learn more about each other.”
https://districtadministration.com/3-keys-...
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 12:31AM
Steve Williams
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Is this your answer, Steve?
San Francisco votes to rename 44 schools for namesakes' ties to racism, slavery. Renaming of School is not teaching critical race theory SORRY try again.
nothing here, move On!!!
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 8:41AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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Suit myself… You are damn right because you can prove a thing about grammar schools are teaching Critical Race Theory or Critical Race Theory is being taught in GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Steve, I know you try to prove this BS but as you can see, that’s exactly what it is,
BS that you are willing to believe in a heart ♥️ beat.
You are acting like you are lost, because you leader TRUMP he’s not in the limelight.
Just look at you, you have reduced yourself to nothing chasing after trumps lies.
Have a good day…
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 3:08PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
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