“I play defense as much as anything down there.”

—  Mike Cierpiot

New Missouri House Floor Leader Cierpiot on Issues and John Diehl https://www.missourinet.com/2015/08/03/new-missouri-house-floor-leader-cierpiot-on-issues-and-john-diehl/ (3 August 2015)

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American politician 1953

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