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Rauner cries for you, Laquan. Or does he?

by Ben Joravsky December 7, 2015August 18, 2021

Who’s telling the truth: Mayor Rahm when he says he didn’t watch the McDonald video, or Governor Rauner when he says it made him cry?

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