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Iowa City City Council candidate Oliver Weilein isn’t playing it safe - The Daily Iowan

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Iowa City City Council candidate Oliver Weilein has just one apology for the social media rhetoric his opponent has called extremism. Referring to a 2019 tweet in which he called ICE agents “pigs, evil fuc*ing traitors,” Weilein admitted the comparison was unfair. But not to the agents. “I’m a vegan, so I would like to apologize to pigs,” Weilein said. “I volunteer at Iowa Farm Sanctuary, so a lot of the pigs are my homies.” In addition to Iowa …
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Iowa City City Council candidate Oliver Weilein isn’t playing it safe - The Daily Iowan

Iowa City City Council candidate Oliver Weilein has just one apology for the social media rhetoric his opponent has called extremism. Referring to a 2019 tweet in which he called ICE agents “pigs, evil fuc*ing traitors,” Weilein admitted the comparison was unfair. But not to the agents. “I’m a vegan, so I would like to apologize to pigs,” Weilein said. “I volunteer at Iowa Farm Sanctuary, so a lot of the pigs are my homies.” In addition to Iowa …

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Letter to the editor: Working folks deserve Oliver Weilein on council - Little Village

A member of COGS, the graduate student worker union at the University of Iowa, writes “Stand up for our health” on the Pentacrest during a protest for safer COVID-19 protections. Sept. 2, 2021. — Adria Carpenter/Little VillageBy YueWon Lee, Iowa CityThe statements hereafter are my own and do not represent my workplace nor the union I am a part of. Oliver Weilein is the pro-labor working class councilor that Iowa City needs. As a City employee an…

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