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45th District seat candidate addresses tweets considered homophobic, anti-Semitic

One of the front-runners in the race for City Council's 45th District seat is answering to newly surfaced tweets that many consider anti-Semitic and anti-LGBT.

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May 6, 2019, 10:51 PM

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