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Two Kentucky lawmakers apologize for use of the phrase ‘Jew them down’
State Rep. Walker Thomas, also a Republican, marveled at the $1 property leases before jokingly asking if the state could “Jew them down on the price.”
Kentucky State Sen. Rick Girdler in the state's General Assembly in Frankfort, Feb. 2, 2022.
(photo credit:
Kentucky General Assembly/LRC Public Information
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RON KAMPEAS/JTA
FEBRUARY 24, 2022 04:26
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