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Cyndy Etler

Cyndy Etler is a teen life coach and author with two award-winning memoirs about her experience in Straight Inc. Her work has been featured on CNN, The Progressive, She Knows, Jane Friedman, Vice, Bustle, and CBS’s The Doctors.

The same ideology that allowed Straight Inc to happen empowers Republicans like Trump to push for a Mexican border wall and turn a blind eye to children being caged at the border
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I was caged by Republicans as a teen — Trump doesn't surprise me

Trump supporters rally on the National Mall for the 'Mother of All Rallies'
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As a former cult member, I know why so many white women support Trump

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