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Trump Resurrects His 'Smocking' Gun On Twitter; Critics Go Ballistic

The president is absolutely right. There is no "smocking gun" in the impeachment inquiry.
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Nearly everyone could agree with President Donald Trump that there is no “smocking” gun in the impeachment investigation against him, even though many would argue there’s a smoking gun or two.

In any case, plenty of critics were fired up that the president had resurrected his ridiculous “smocking gun” typo from a year ago in a tweet Sunday — if indeed, it truly is a typo.

Some wits speculated that Trump could be referring to a very different type of gun ― one stitched with smocking, or even crocheted, for example.

Many were stunned Trump repeated a term that was so mocked 12 months ago in one of his 99 tweets Sunday — and schooled him on smoking guns:

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