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Pat Robertson's Influence on Ronald Reagan

In 1988, Pat Robertson ran for president because God told him to. He was the mastermind who invested his Jesus dollars heavily in librarian mineral rights. His influence on Ronald Reagan likely contributed to that administration's glacially slow response to AIDS pandemic. If not for Pat Robertson, folks like Freddie Mercury might still be alive.

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