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This is a juicy, fun detail that a lot of reporters were chasing — but no one wrote it bc every source w first-hand knowledge said it simply wasn't true.

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Vox

@voxdotcom

Jan 6, 2018

In Michael Wolff’s new book "Fire and Fury" he says Mitch McConnell once blew off Trump to get a haircut. Because, priorities. bit.ly/2CId74f

6:42 PM · Jan 6, 2018

Peter a lib in Trump Country

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And one look at Trump would be reminder enough to GET a haircut.

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Sounds like corporate D.C. journalists are trashing Michael Wolff's book in hopes of preserving an audience for their own tell-alls in the wings.

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Yes, it's always a nefarious conspiracy. That's a lot more plausible than one guy choosing to publish a dubious rumour.

@windycityamar

Jan 6, 2018

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So you and other reporters knew of this? Journalists need a Page Six for juicy pieces of news that can’t be corroborated but it’s likely true. Lol

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The book is being revealed a bit as fan fiction in the details, but an overwhelmingly accurate portrait nonetheless

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The details are fiction but overwhelmingly the book is accurate? You can't be that stupid.

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Can't he just send his hair out to be cut, like Trump?

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Most first-hand sources probably had an incentive to deny it. That doesn't mean Wolff had a corroborating source.

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