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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Oct 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted TBogg

    File under: how the Irish became white.https://twitter.com/tbogg/status/1183919003980288000 …

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    TBogg @tbogg
    Fun fact: Megyn Kelly’s kids names are Yardley, Edward, and Thatcher, and she is being interviewed by a guy named Tucker, whose brother is named Buckley. Consider yourself 5 percent whiter for knowing that now.
    10:19 PM - 14 Oct 2019
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      1. Michael 🎲‏ @michael_qld 14 Oct 2019
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        😱

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      1. John Fake Meat Peach Tree Dish Manager O'Connor‏ @JohnO0Connor 14 Oct 2019
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        There'll always be wannabe wasps...

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      1. mattbird 🪶‏ @biiirdmaaan 14 Oct 2019
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        ...until I read this, I never realized I had always assumed Tucker was a stage name

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      1. theidlesthand‏ @TheIdlestHand 14 Oct 2019
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        You can't call yourself Irish if you named your kid Thatcher.

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      1. super Tuscan raider‏ @borgly 14 Oct 2019
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        Lace curtains.

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      2. mkazin‏ @mkazin 15 Oct 2019
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        They were never anything but

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      3. Peter Ginna‏ @DoctorSyntax 15 Oct 2019
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        I’d file it under How White the Irish Became

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      1. SmugSnake  🚩 🔥 🔥 🔥‏ @SteveSnake59 15 Oct 2019
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        Ironic given Thatcher's less-than-favorable views on the Irish.

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      1. Damian Stack‏ @damianstack 15 Oct 2019
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        Thatcher?!?pic.twitter.com/xd5qmCoMcg

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