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LZ Granderson: Our divided U.S. should be able to unite for Ukraine

Marjorie Taylor Greene scream "Build the Wall" as U.S. President Joe Biden as he delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’ s House Chamber, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C..

I got an email from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., this week that caught my eye. It wasn't personal but instead one of those fundraising E-blasts that populates one's inbox if one has signed up for political newsletters. Usually I ignore these, but this one had such a catchy subject line —– "Biden is Putin 2.0" — that I decided to take the bait.

"We just witnessed a major injustice wrought by a despot who has zero regard for human rights," the email began. "No, not Putin … President Joe Biden."

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