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    Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 13 Apr 2015

    As a private lawyer, Ted Cruz defended companies found guilty of wrongdoing http://bit.ly/1FlHDMS pic.twitter.com/jJzkOKCuEE

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      2. Rudolf E. Havenstein Remembers‏ @RudyHavenstein 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @MotherJones

        That is a really lame angle of attack RT @MotherJones As a private lawyer, Ted Cruz defended companies found guilty of wrongdoing

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      1. Barbara Ann‏ @daynutrition 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones HILLARY defended Rapists who raped children getting many off even though they were guilty!

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      1. Adam Love‏ @A__Love 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones so you mean he lost some cases?

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      2. Patrick Walz‏ @patwalz 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @MotherJones

        @MotherJones everyone deserves representation. This is a lame line of attack.

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      3. Gunny Adams‏ @Michbassclub 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @patwalz

        @patwalz @MotherJones true but apparently he felt they were innocent or he just wanted their money wonder which?

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      4. Patrick Walz‏ @patwalz 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @Michbassclub

        @Michbassclub @MotherJones who cares? That is irrelevant. Serial killers get lawyers.

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      1. David Kent‏ @AClockWorkPlaid 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones lawyers are like turds: unfortunately necessary.

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      1. Daniel‏ @ddwalk34 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones Umm not unlike the lawyers who represented Bill Clinton.

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      2. Attila the Blond‏ @attilatheblond 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones So he's a nutcase senator AND a piss poor lawyer who can't get corporate crooks off in US courts? Takes some doing 2B that bad

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      3. TheGreatBritten‏ @TheGreatBritten 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @attilatheblond

        @attilatheblond @MotherJones I hate Cruz, but he was an extraordinary lawyer by all measures. You don't know what you're talking about.

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      4. Attila the Blond‏ @attilatheblond 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @TheGreatBritten

        @TheGreatBritten @MotherJones " companies found guilty of wrongdoing" If he was so great why were the companies found guilty? Humor & life.

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      5. TheGreatBritten‏ @TheGreatBritten 14 Apr 2015
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        @attilatheblond @MotherJones A guilty client does not a bad lawyer make. Your starting premise is false.

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      1. just alan‏ @anythingbutdem 14 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones hillary's litigation record is worse. you take your client's side no matter what.

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      1. David L  🔴 🚌 🚎 🔴‏ @DavidL206 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones I like to mock Top-3-Ivies-Only Cruz as much as anyone, but hitting lawyers based on who hired them is really below the belt.

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      1. Hairless By Choice‏ @headblader66 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones Are you going to write about Hillary Clinton defending a man who raped a 12 year old girl next?

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      1. que Sarah Sarah‏ @MissSarahBritt 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones Cruz is a generally horrible person overall.

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      1. Susan DeSanti‏ @SusanDeSanti 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones This is what lawyers are supposed to do. Give up this line of argument - it smacks of censorship.

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      1. Kathleen Heyer‏ @KMH_Esq 13 Apr 2015
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        @MotherJones So?

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