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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2016, 01:36 PM Dec 2016

So they are going to leave it up to guesswork?

It sure looks that way.

Dems press for Tillerson's tax returns

Democrats argue that Tillerson, the chief executive of ExxonMobil who has come under fire for his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is a special case warranting further scrutiny.

"My guess is that Vladimir Putin will be very disappointed with" Tillerson as secretary of state, McConnell told KET in Kentucky.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/20/politics/rex-tillerson-tax-returns/

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So they are going to leave it up to guesswork? (Original Post) SHRED Dec 2016 OP

Why is McConnell openly and blatantly lying? Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #1

Because he's so good at blatantly lying NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #3

only because putin himself was on donnie's short list. unblock Dec 2016 #2

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)

1. Why is McConnell openly and blatantly lying?

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 01:49 PM

Dec 2016

Putin and Tillerson are business partners.

Oh wait, I know, he can do this because the American public is ignorant and doesnt know they are business partners.

Ahh yes.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

3. Because he's so good at blatantly lying

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 01:56 PM

Dec 2016

It's what McConnell does. Breaking news would be when he doesn't lie.

unblock

(52,164 posts)

2. only because putin himself was on donnie's short list.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 01:54 PM

Dec 2016

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