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Originalism!

by Josh Marshall
04.03.14 | 7:29 pm

On the defensive after he attended a rally in support of cock-fighting he later claimed he didn’t know was about cock-fighting, McConnell primary opponent Matt Bevin now insists the Founder Fathers were really into cock-fighting. So it’s all good.

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