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Author: WiltonKnight   😊 😞
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Subject: Shylocks - Part 2
Date: 11/18/2023 10:38 AM
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In Part 1, I used a poor choice of words. There, ok. Dems can vote for me for President now. I used a poor choice of words, that's all there is to it. No Biggie.

A SENATOR. From DELAWARE (bit familiar with banking and credit cards in that state)....... A LAW DEGREE............but somehow he didn't have any earthly clue about that term.


Well i'm none of those things so I too didn't know anything about that term. And i used it. And then said it was a bad choice of words.

Just like - President Joseph Robinette Biden did.

What, do I need to disrespect Anita Hill too before you Liberals will give me your full approval?

https://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/joe-biden-s...


“People would come up to him and talk about what was happening to them at home in terms of foreclosures, in terms of bad loans that were being — I mean, these Shylocks who took advantage of these women and men while overseas,” Biden said.
While Biden was referring to bank representatives and moneylenders haggling with people serving the United States overseas, the term originally comes from William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” In the play, Shylock is a Jewish moneylender, and use of the name to refer to greed has been called offensive by organizations such as the ADL, among other"




"Biden responded in a statement, saying, “Abe Foxman has been a friend and adviser of mine for a long time. He’s correct, it was a poor choice of words, particularly as he said coming from ‘someone as friendly to the Jewish comm
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