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Do records show that he donated to a progressive PAC? I thought they show a person with the same name donated but that the age was different

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Look at the timing - Jan 20th, 2021. The day Biden was sworn in.

$15 is not much and could very well be him delivering on a bet over the election

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Or a friend donating in his name as a joke

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No. Giving 15$ dollars to a liberal cause is a clear indication that you are a political dissident willing to die for the DNC. End of story.

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I mean it doesn’t sound like he has friends, but it is weird that a 16-17 year old would donate on his own. It feels like it would go through his parents. Did they give him a credit card or something? Was it cash?

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Yeah that kind of struck me as a potential possibility. Maybe he bet someone that small amount that Biden wouldn’t actually be seated.

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The address on the filing has his street address and zip but the wrong city.

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Would be common to use the city of Pittsburgh for the suburb of Bethel Park:

(have not looked into the guy nor his possible donations at all myself)

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This one has gone back and forth a couple of times, but snopes says it really was him. shrug

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It says Pittsburgh, but 15102 is the zip code for Bethel Park

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If it’s 30 minutes from the city people will call it Pittsburgh.

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I fell into that initially as well, but I checked the FEC filing to get the address, then used the address to check property records, then went back and looked at the interviews with his folks to see their names for reference. The residence is that of his parents, so it seems to be him that donated.

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