[Ads-l] Undocumented shoppers

[Peter Reitan]

"Undocumented shoppers" dates to at least 2014, from a satirical Tweet attributing the expression to  a supposed Obama executive order.

https://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/executive-order-renames-looters-to-undocumented-shoppers-t15506.html
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Description of looters at the George Floyd memorial protest in Oakland CA,
31 May 2020. Euphemism of the Year?
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/05/30/clean-up-efforts-and-conflicting-views-after-friday-nights-massive-downtown-oakland-protest

Comments section, comment by "Woolsey". (Evidently Cardinal Woolsey."

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