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title: "Infuriating.  Running for office?  Kidnap some sex workers and get…"
date: 2016-10-12
source: facebook
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# Infuriating.  Running for office?  Kidnap some sex workers and get…

*October 12, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/07/497006100/ceo-of-backpage-com-arrested-charged-with-pimping](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/07/497006100/ceo-of-backpage-com-arrested-charged-with-pimping){target="_blank"}
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Infuriating. Running for office? Kidnap some sex workers and get your name in the paper.\
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\"California\'s attorney general, Kamala Harris, says that Backpage was \"purposefully and unlawfully designed\" as an online brothel. Her office alleges that the \"vast majority\" of Backpage\'s profits come from fees paid by users posting ads in the \"adult\" section.\
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Harris, who is currently running for U.S. Senate, called profiting off trafficking and exploitation \"outrageous, despicable and illegal.\"\"\
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[http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/07/497006100/ceo-of-backpage-com-arrested-charged-with-pimping](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/07/497006100/ceo-of-backpage-com-arrested-charged-with-pimping){target="_blank"}
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