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<p>Congressman Shri Thanedar is <em>desperate</em> to go viral.</p>
<p>He hangs out with Democratic Socialists. He proudly touts that one of his office numbers is “420.” And he loves the “Big D.”</p>
<p>The “Big D” is how he once referred to Detroit in a <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000187-44b7-d989-a7a7-efbf01580000">since-deleted tweet</a> from early April that included a photo of him standing and smiling in front of the city’s skyline, a part of which is in his district.</p>
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Congressman Shri Thanedar is desperate to go viral.
He hangs out with Democratic Socialists. He proudly touts that one of his office numbers is “420.” And he loves the “Big D.”
The “Big D” is how he once referred to Detroit in a since-deleted tweet from early April that included a photo of him standing and smiling in front of the city’s skyline, a part of which is in his district.