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TexasTowelie

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Tue Feb 21, 2017, 05:56 AM Feb 2017

New York attorney general bids to become Trump's No. 1 enemy

NEW YORK (AP) -- More than most, Eric Schneiderman understands the risks of taking on Donald Trump.

New York's attorney general was a target of Trump's Twitter feed years before the president's assaults on "Little Marco" Rubio or "Lyin' Ted" Cruz.

He was once depicted as a deranged Clockwork Orange character on the cover of a newspaper owned by Trump's son-in-law. And he faced intense anti-Semitic attacks from Trump loyalists on social media that continue even today.

"It's really vile stuff. It's a picture of your face going into a gas chamber, your face on a lampshade," Schneiderman told The Associated Press, acknowledging a new rash of anti-Semitism in recent weeks as he fought the new president's travel ban.

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New York attorney general bids to become Trump's No. 1 enemy (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
Schneiderman might be the one to take him down. Squinch Feb 2017 #1
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