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Sen. Mitch McConnell referred to the Democratic race as being between<\/span> \u201ca New York senator who was born in Illinois, and an Illinois senator who was apparently born in a manger\u201d<\/span> (Reported in the Washington Post<\/a> via Commonweal<\/a>; HT Obamianity<\/a> and Melissa Rogers<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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Sen. Mitch McConnell referred to the Democratic race as being between \u201ca New York senator who was born in Illinois, and an Illinois senator who was apparently born in a manger\u201d (Reported in the Washington Post via Commonweal; HT Obamianity and Melissa Rogers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nQuote of the Day (Senator Mitch McConnell)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sen. 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