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Playing Victim! Jimmy Kimmel Is Aggressor in Epstein List Saga, Not Aaron Rodgers

Playing Victim! Jimmy Kimmel Is Aggressor in Epstein List Saga, Not Aaron Rodgers

Feel how you want about Aaron Rodgers's comments, but don't blame him for the war of words that has emerged between the New York Jets' quarterback and late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel. Rodgers has been on the right side of history despite Kimmel's non-sensical attacks.

Ralph Ventre
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Playing Victim! Jimmy Kimmel Is Aggressor in Epstein List Saga, Not Aaron Rodgers
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Playing Victim! Jimmy Kimmel Is Aggressor in Epstein List Saga, Not Aaron Rodgers

Feel how you want about Aaron Rodgers's comments, but don't blame him for the war of words that has emerged between the New York Jets' quarterback and late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel. Rodgers has been on the right side of history despite Kimmel's non-sensical attacks.

Ralph Ventre
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