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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 10:56 AM Oct 2015

Benghazi Hearings Cancelled After Clinton Drops Out of Race

BY ANDY BOROWITZ


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Washington was in turmoil on Tuesday morning as a House select committee abruptly cancelled its Benghazi hearings shortly after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she was withdrawing from the Presidential race.

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“As you know, we have been preparing for this week’s hearings for months,” Gowdy said. “However, after meeting with fellow committee members over the past four minutes, we’ve come to the conclusion that we know all we need to know about Benghazi.”

Gowdy flatly denied that the decision to cancel the long-awaited Benghazi hearings had anything to do with Clinton’s sudden departure from the race. “We wish her well in whatever her future endeavors may be,” he said.

But shortly after Gowdy’s announcement, Clinton called an impromptu press conference at 9:13 to announce that she was jumping back into the race. “I was just trying to prove a point,” she told reporters, before heading off to campaign stops in Iowa and New Hampshire.





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Benghazi Hearings Cancelled After Clinton Drops Out of Race (Original Post) kpete Oct 2015 OP
Satire can be so true. riversedge Oct 2015 #1
Exactly... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #2
This is the hope of Trey Gowdy, his reputation could be she was so scared of testifying she left Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #3
Poor Trey is "defeated," "weary," feels he "just can't win." If only it were true! :) Hortensis Oct 2015 #4

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
3. This is the hope of Trey Gowdy, his reputation could be she was so scared of testifying she left
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 11:28 AM
Oct 2015

The US to return to Benghazi for the rest of her life. Hey, Trey, hold your breath until this happens.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. Poor Trey is "defeated," "weary," feels he "just can't win." If only it were true! :)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 11:30 AM
Oct 2015

He'd drop them like a hot potato and back away fast.

This HuffPost article is SO unkind to Poor Trey, strictly for schadenfreude addicts.
[link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trey-gowdy-benghazi-casualty_56254c77e4b0bce34701b045|


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