VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago

The first African-American to hold the position of US attorney general, Eric Holder

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The first African-American to hold the position of US attorney general, Eric Holder

VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago

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This one’s weak but mildly amusing
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  Yeah a little tenuous but it’s not like I’ve posted anything better recently!
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Arguably, he could have also held my beer

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