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Take it out on Tesla by boycotting the company.

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Senator Rick Scott is so furious over the felony conviction of former President Donald J. Trump that the Florida Republican says he and his colleagues need to take it out on the Senate, by acting as disrupters and blocking all Biden administration nominees and legislation.

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“We all have bad days and stress, and it was wrong for me to take it out on an officer who’s simply doing his job,” she said.

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"They shunned Dad as well, but when they couldn't take it out on Dad, or when they couldn't insult Dad, or be horrible to Dad, I was their next target," he said.

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“Republicans could take it out on white Democrats rather than Republicans,” said Charles Bullock, a University of Georgia political scientist who studies redistricting.

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