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Mailbag: Presidential Term Limits, Viral Deception

One reader sent us a comment about the history of the 22nd Amendment, which limits the number of terms an individual can serve as U.S. president, and another forwarded us an email he sent to friends after reading one of our stories about a viral claim being made about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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