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To: JohnM who wrote (388436)	11/14/2018 4:42:08 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541759

McConnell Blocks Bill to Protect Mueller Political Wire by Taegan Goddard “A bill that would make it harder for President Trump to remove special counsel Robert Mueller was rejected on the floor of the Senate,” BuzzFeed News reports. “Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons tried to bring the bill forward for debate, but they needed unanimous consent from their fellow senators. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused, meaning the bill will remain in limbo.” “In an attempt to put pressure on McConnell to change his mind, Flake announced that he will not vote to confirm any more of Trump’s judicial nominees until the Senate gets a vote on the Mueller bill. Flake is a member of the Judiciary Committee, where Republicans have just a one-vote majority, and he could be key to confirming judges both in committee and in the full Senate this year.”

To: JohnM who wrote (388436)	11/14/2018 5:11:15 PM
From: pocotrader	Respond to of 541759

chump knows squat about normal every day life, when was the last time he was in a grocery store, if ever

To: JohnM who wrote (388436)	11/14/2018 6:44:20 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 541759

That's funny, I remember Bush the elder being fascinated when he saw a supermarket scanner! G eorge Bush, Meet the Barcode Scanner FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 AT 9:53AM The now infamous moment when George Bush appeared bewildered by a supermarket checkout scanner during his 1992 reelection campaign reinforced the caricature of the President as an out of touch politician, ensconced in the DC "bubble". "This is for checking out?" He asked, commenting that he was "Amazed by some of the technology." The trouble was that supermarket scanners had existed since the 1970's, revealing just how ignorant he was about Americans daily lives. One of his many gaffes of the 1992 campaign: