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10. I'll grant you that

Reply to Raster (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 04:50 PM

Jan 2017

But I'll still give Sen. Whitehouse props for facing a crowd and admitting that. I know I've been wrong before, but given time and space and a little bit of grace, I've tried to do better. Looking at the totality of Whitehouse's career and decisions, he's been right a lot of the time. I'm willing to extend some grace to Whitehouse for this vote as long as he doesn't make a habit of doing the wrong thing.

The dimensions of the Trump administration clusterfuck are becoming apparent, even to some Republicans.

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