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The senator and the slave shackle

When asked about the viral post, Roegner remarked that it's not a slave shackle, but an "artifact" from Africa.

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D.J. Byrnes
Dec 22, 2025
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I almost got tossed out of Ohio’s most beautiful retirement home earlier this month, for asking a State Senator about Mein Kampf and a slave shackle.

The Seargents-at-Arms are not my biggest fans, if you can believe that. Especially on the Senate side, where I’m looked upon as little better than a rabid maniac with a bomb strapped to their chest.

To their…

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