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\u00a0 \u00a0 I actually believe that one of the worst things about supporting Mr. Donald Trump for the presidency of the United States \u2014 and one of the most compelling arguments against\u00a0doing so \u2014 is the damage that such support does to the moral status, intellectual integrity, and credibility of the person supporting him. \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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