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Last Checked May 11, 2022

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Mon May 09 23:39:29 +0000 2022

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David Weigel @daveweigel

IIRC, the fact that Edwards was lying the whole time made it an even weirder/bigger story when he confirmed it - like, this yutz risked bringing down the party by running when he knew he had a love child. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 9, 2022

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David Weigel @daveweigel

The National Enquirer (and @samstein) were probing the affair story, but Edwards quit on 1/30/08. Enquirer didn't pub the photo of Edwards with the love child until July that year, when Edwards confirmed it. So, he was still lying about it when he quit. https://t.co/sQUKOmYNGp — PolitiTweet.org

Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg

So that's how we're remembering the reason John Edwards had to drop out of the 2008 race? https://t.co/53n0NRXlGb https://t.co/KdkxLuYw8m

Posted May 9, 2022

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David Weigel @daveweigel

Maybe it didn't happen, but the real scandal, to me, is Democrats refusing to condemn this thing that could have happened. https://t.co/62lRsRpr9G — PolitiTweet.org

andrew kaczynski @KFILE

Politico reports that conservative outlets saying Sam Alito and his family fled to an "undisclosed location" were s… https://t.co/TWoZInoEqL

Posted May 9, 2022

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