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lunatica

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13. Not only no notes

Reply to bmpbmp (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 06:32 PM

Nov 2019

He also incorporates everything all the witnesses said just in the last few hours while he was sitting there listening to them. It’s quite an ability to give such moving speeches off the cuff.

He doesn’t need to throw notes around in front of him while supposedly asking questions like the Republicans are doing.

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