CNN’s Yellin: Congress’s Low Polls Numbers Due to Failure to Repeal DADT?
On Wednesday's Newsroom, CNN's Jessica Yellin bizarrely implied that Congress's low poll numbers was linked to their failure to repeal “don't ask, don't tell.” After noting the public's support for repeal, Yellin stated that “Congress has its lowest approval rating in the history of polling…So it's clear that the American people are in one place, and one place where they're not so happy with Congress.” Anchor Brooke Baldwin raised the “don't ask, don't tell” issue and how the House of Representatives was taking up a stand-alone bill that would repeal the 17-year-old policy. She asked the liberal CNN correspondent whether the Senate would pass the legislation, given how a previous repeal proposal was rejected just last week (as part of the defense authorization bill): “Why might the Senate change its collective mind? I remember the vote last Thursday. It was 57 to 40. They didn't have those three extra. So, all right, who's going to change their mind or why?” read more
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CNN’s Yellin: Congress’s Low Polls Numbers Due to Failure to Repeal DADT?
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