{"id":3670,"date":"2016-05-14T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T06:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/14\/obama-tweets-69-percent-statistic-twitters-pretty-into-it\/"},"modified":"2016-05-14T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T06:38:30","slug":"obama-tweets-69-percent-statistic-twitters-pretty-into-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/14\/obama-tweets-69-percent-statistic-twitters-pretty-into-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama tweets 69 percent statistic, Twitter’s pretty into it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that got Twitter’s attention.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama\u00a0has been trying hard to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. He chose a popular, moderate judge, Merrick Garland, but the Republican senate has vowed to block any nominee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Obama admits the truth we all knew already: ‘Beyonce runs the world’<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The serious political maneuvering was cut Friday when Obama made a move that made Twitter collectively giggle. To urge senators to do their job, Obama made the mistake of citing a statistic that 69 percent of Americans want the Senate to hold a vote on Garland. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Politics<\/a>, Merrick Garland<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Watercooler<\/a><\/p>\n

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