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4. Bad move.

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 12:29 PM

Jan 2017

First, they have to make a special waiver to make him eligible and second and maybe most important tRump wants this guy. He can say all the right things in these hearings to curry favor from Dems and then do the opposite once he is in and nobody will be able to stop him. No thanks.

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