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12. WTF?

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 06:15 PM

14 hrs ago

They filed this in Tazewell, which is in southwest Virginia - an area long recognized as the poorest, most backward part of the state. It might as well be West Virginia.The entire county of Tazewell has something like 40,000 people. Fairfax County has over one million. Typical Republican bullshit.

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