{"id":381983,"date":"2018-10-22T18:44:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T17:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-former-clinton-aide-justifies-people-heckling-mcconnell\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T18:44:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T17:44:58","slug":"prison-planet-com-former-clinton-aide-justifies-people-heckling-mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-former-clinton-aide-justifies-people-heckling-mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Former Clinton Aide Justifies People Heckling McConnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/10\/21\/clinton-aide-philippe-reines-mcconnell-heckle\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=atdailycaller&amp;utm_source=Twitter\"><strong>The Daily Caller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 22, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Former Hillary Clinton aide\u00a0Philippe Reines on Sunday justified Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell getting heckled in a restaurant because he was able to keep Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McConnell and his wife were greeted by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/10\/20\/mitch-mcconnell-confronted-louisville-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protesters<\/a> while they were at\u00a0Louisville\u2019s Havana Rumba on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/10\/20\/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nR0DyEL5WdU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitch McConnell is a pretty stoic guy. Just the notion, when you said Mitch McConnell and TMZ I had to do a double take.\u00a0I think he\u2019s sitting there and he\u2019s thinking a couple things, first of all, \u2018I have capital police that are ten feet away,\u2019 two, he\u2019s thinking, \u2018I got my wife Elaine who is better than the capitol police,\u2019 three, he\u2019s thinking, \u2018Merrick Garland verse my leftovers,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/10\/19\/hillary-not-runninig-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reines<\/a> said during an appearance on MSNBC Sunday morning. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/10\/19\/hillary-aide-reines-she-could-run-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(RELATED: Hillary Aide: She Could Run A Third Time)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s getting away with murder and net\/net I think he thinks this is the worst he gets that\u2019s fine, but this is such a made-up problem.\u00a0Again, it is like professor Butler said, it is the first Amendment and there is a difference and it goes to something Dr. Greer said, people are doing this because there is no other opportunity or no other oversight,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/10\/21\/clinton-aide-philippe-reines-mcconnell-heckle\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=atdailycaller&amp;utm_source=Twitter\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, October 22, 2018  at  6:24 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/former-clinton-aide-justifies-people-heckling-mcconnell.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/former-clinton-aide-justifies-people-heckling-mcconnell.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily CallerOctober 22, 2018 Former Hillary Clinton aide\u00a0Philippe Reines on Sunday justified Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell getting heckled in a restaurant because he was able to keep Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court. McConnell and his wife were greeted by protesters while they were at\u00a0Louisville\u2019s Havana Rumba on Friday night. 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