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Left: Screenshot of RFK Jr.,; Right: Screenshot of Tarik El-Abour; Caption: Tweet from @Dandy_Roddick "Autistic people will never play baseball, the sport where 90% of players have an insanely-complicated, completely unique pre-game routine that cannot be altered or interrupted in any way."

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