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Overheard: Mitch McConnell on Bigfoot

By Jason Dick
Posted October 29, 2013 at 4:31pm

“Unsurprisingly, just 12 percent of Americans think the rollout has gone well. That’s less than 14 percent of Americans who believe in Bigfoot.”

— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking Tuesday on the floor about the health care law and Bigfoot.

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