Sentences with phrase «joke about voting»

When it comes to training, that old joke about voting can be applied: train early and train often.

Indeed, some people joke about voting for Mr Corbyn, hoping to saddle Labour with a bearded voter - repellent as a leader.»

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The president, who has repeatedly said he wants to accomplish the difficult feat of winning Democratic votes, joked about the minority party's support to Sen. Ron Wyden, D - Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.

Days away from a vote to rescind the Federal Communications Commission's 2015 net neutrality rules, FCC chair Ajit Pai is joking about his time as associate general counsel at Verizon.

He joked that his 6,745 - vote margin was a «landslide,» but also argued it was the result of a brutal honesty about how he planned to close the budget deficit.

Golden Globes host Jimmy Fallon mocked Trump several times during his opening monologue, comparing the president - elect over the course of four minutes to the menacing and murderous King Joffrey from «Game of Thrones,» and joking about Trump's difficulty finding inauguration performers and said the ceremony, unlike the U.S. electoral system, still valued the popular vote.

Clinton joked about her «private» ballot after voting with her husband near their Westchester County home.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

Senator Tom Duane spoke twice, delivering a long, rambling set of closing remarks with jokes about his partner, tears, and a sense of hopefulness — even if the vote did not go his way.