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    Amanda Terkel‏Verified account @aterkel 5 Apr 2017

    Trump is "a confused old man who believes what the TV tells him.” http://fus.in/2oav9o2 

    10:44 AM - 5 Apr 2017
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    • Deb Shepherd 🍳 Serj Lotutovici Pascal »Spooky Nuclear Annihilation« Hartig DEFCON 1 ☢️☠️☢️ Jennifer Ablan Joyce E. Norman Deborah Stover jessewilson
    55 replies 705 retweets 1,258 likes
      1. Joe Mandese‏ @jmandese 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        Dear TV: Start telling Trump better stuff. Thank you, the World.

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      1. @VoiceofReason‏ @GPvoiceofreason 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        Trump and friends better look in rear view mirror, KARMA is coming. Trump's lousy presidency is America's KARMA. Making America great again

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      1. Jim Cahill‏ @tech_52 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        How 'bout just "confused man"? Us old folk don't like being lumped in with that varmint.

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      1. ProgressiveBetter‏ @ZeeksPlace 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel

        I believe what the TV tells me too...but i'm not responsible for running a country either

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      2. Claus Koenig‏ @Hoelder1811 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        I wonder what bookies set as odds of a @POTUS presidency succeeding

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      1. sonya carter‏ @ruth6625 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        #impeach45

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      1. Diana.  🚫 🔫‏ @sometimewriter 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel

        This is so terrifyingly on pointpic.twitter.com/8hXtkwGnqn

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      1. Real Roger‏ @shonuff_real 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel

        Wrong! Everyone knows Trump's nipple is bigger than depicted in drawing.

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      2. VOTE 🌊 ☮️Cavazos MCMLXXIV ♑️ ✊🏻‏ @NativeTexan74 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        To quote the brilliant Mel Brooks, "It's good to be the king." 🤗

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      3. Oliver‏ @ebizarch 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @NativeTexan74 @aterkel @chrislhayes

        But king of what?

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      1. tim russo‏ @TimRussoCLE 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        anyone care to make the connection to capitalism? Gramsci anyone? beggin here.

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      2. Peg Aloi, Strumpet of Satan‏ @themediawitch 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        Funyuns? Everyone knows the White House pantry is full of Doritos!

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      3. Minuteman‏ @Johnny_Rotten66 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @themediawitch @aterkel @chrislhayes

        I thought it was lays potato chips.

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      4. Peg Aloi, Strumpet of Satan‏ @themediawitch 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Johnny_Rotten66 @aterkel @chrislhayes

        Yup those too! I guess all mediocre junk foods have equal opportunity there.

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      1. Patrice‏ @princesspopo 6 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        This should be a.mandatory read! I've seen this in action with old white men

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      1. Dr. Kathy‏ @comedydoc9 6 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @Karoli

        No Trump doesn't just believe what TV tells him. He believes what Russian TV (RT & Sputnik) tells him, planted by Rssn bots.

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      1.  😈 BlindedByGreed  👺‏ @19jim47 5 Apr 2017
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        @chrislhayes @Fusion It's so obvious, if Trump was BLACK, he couldn't have won election as dog catcher. Bigots, make us all pay👎

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      1. Karl Meyer‏ @KarlFMeyer 5 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aterkel @chrislhayes

        That article is a freakin bullseye! Lots of confused old 40ish dudes out there, too, though...

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