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There really is—and again, I’m not hysterical on the subject, but I do believe that there is a pattern with Pat Buchanan of needling the Jews.

The election of Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim and millennial to lead New York City, notably drew bigoted and hysterical responses from many on the right.

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The night her husband tried to knock down the door, her son was hysterical.

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The initial headlines were so outrageous I assumed they represented a hysterical media overreaction to some mild remark.

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Upon hearing the words, “Mom’s not coming back anymore,” Isaac, Israel and Afrika are hysterical, groaning and crying while falling to the ground.

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