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Just reached out to @RepMoira_Jayne to offer my support. Rep. Walsh has consistently stood up for Democratic values. Something that clearly cannot be said for her opponent.
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...the drinking used to be a lot more rampant on the floor. One of my proudest accomplishments is banishing them to the basement, is that they had to be secret, is that they couldn't walk around with their solo cups and their mud slide makers in their desk and all that garbage and that they had to go down to the basement poker room instead.
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