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Arizona

CaptYossarian

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1. Please read te entire article. This excerpt didn't mention racist

Reply to saidsimplesimon (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 11:38 AM

Jan 2020

governor and professional low-life Evan Mecham by name.

Reagan had signed the Dr. King Day into law and Mecham said he wouldn't recognize it because "state workers didn't need another paid holiday". At least that's what he said in public.

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Please read te entire article. This excerpt didn't mention racist CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #1

Evan Mecham is unforgettable. Ptah Jan 2020 #2

So he's the other one who used that term. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #3