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Donald Trump Invites Sex Offender to Kids’ Fitness-Test Announcement (nymag.com)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago

If your birth year begins with a decrepit “1,” you may remember this as the challenge in gym class involving a one-mile run, a flexibility test, and either push-ups or pull-ups. Discontinued in 2012 under president Barack Obama, Trump celebrated the return of this “wonderful tradition” by inviting friends and former athletes to the White House — among them Lawrence Taylor, the hard-hitting NFL linebacker who was once arrested for statutory rape and prostitution charges for having sex with a 16-year-old sex worker. He ultimately pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute and was required to register as a sex offender.