Fifth District candidate convicted on concealed-weapon charge<\/a><\/p>\nI can’t help but laugh at this guy now. He’s got his name tattooed on his knuckles? And to think that I almost paid a little bit of attention to his “campaign”. <\/p>\n
Bwahahahahahahaha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If Rees had any credibility and\/or chance at getting the Republican nomination for the 5th Congressional District, you can watch it fly out of the window right now!<\/p>\n
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