Dear Congressman,
Republican Congressman Morgan Griffith is calling people in the opposing political party “Communists” and “Marxists”. So this is what he thinks of many people and families in the Fightin’ Ninth District.
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By John W. Peace II
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From Bringing Home the Bacon... to Misplacing the Grocery List
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