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In reply to the discussion: DOGE's "Big Balls" Was Beaten Up--and Musk Is Already Lying About It [View all]
nitpicked
(1,319 posts)16. WHAT were they doing on the streets of DC at that hour?
https://www.newsweek.com/edward-coristine-big-balls-doge-attacked-washington-dc-donald-trump-2109443
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Edward Coristine was attacked in the city's Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman at around 3 a.m. on Sunday, according to The Associated Press and Politico. The woman was identified by police as Coristine's significant other.
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((This was idiocy by Coristine and/or his partner (WHO is going to hang around in DC in the very wee hours except, as required, Congress and the Hill staff ??) I usually made sure to get out of DC well before 8 pm.))
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Edward Coristine was attacked in the city's Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman at around 3 a.m. on Sunday, according to The Associated Press and Politico. The woman was identified by police as Coristine's significant other.
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((This was idiocy by Coristine and/or his partner (WHO is going to hang around in DC in the very wee hours except, as required, Congress and the Hill staff ??) I usually made sure to get out of DC well before 8 pm.))
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So now, instead of calling himself Big Balls, he has to use a more accurate moniker.
jls4561
Aug 7
#47
Look at this other pathetic loser that couldn't fend off 13 & 15 year old female carjackers in DC
MichMan
Aug 7
#37
Not that I'm defending Big Balls, but fighting two opponents, even 15 year olds, is HARD. Let alone three.
Hellbound Hellhound
Aug 7
#49
I read the other day, that *ump in response to this said that a 14 year old should be tried as an adult,
Uncle Joe
Aug 7
#51
"To the point of concussion." Total BS. There was not even a visit to a hospital by B.B.
John1956PA
Aug 7
#2
...And Krasnov is using this stupid unqualified kid who should never have been in government as an excuse to militarize
Karasu
Aug 7
#3
Democrats should have made DC a state when they had the power to do so. And Puerto Rico.
Lonestarblue
Aug 7
#17
He made it sound like the woman was some stranger and big balls was a knight and shining armor
Walleye
Aug 7
#5
Do you know he was at the Black Cat, or are you speculating based on location?
Prairie Gates
Aug 7
#45
You are correct. I have no idea where he was before the attempted carjacking.
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 7
#46
Since he was 19, any establishment serving him alcohol should have their liquor license revoked
MichMan
Aug 7
#41
Toddlers killed with parents' guns. School children with their brains blasted on the wall and breakfast on the floor.
twodogsbarking
Aug 7
#11
I posted numerous factual reports about this incident yesterday and several people here said it didn't happen.
sop
Aug 7
#25