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Were the founding fathers just ordinary people?

Texas
Tom Kertscher
By Tom Kertscher
July 2, 2015

Scott Walker, the second-term Wisconsin governor expected to declare soon for president, often says the nation’s founding fathers were just ordinary people.

PolitiFact Wisconsin checked into that.

Read on here–and have a great, safe Independence Day!

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