It was also a back-pat to the NRA, which had already successfully lobbied the administration to amend its stay-at-home guidance to include gun stores within the exceptions for essential businesses.
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Back-pat
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He’s earned all the best back-pats from all the greasiest palms in Tallahassee and beyond.
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First back-pat was for the confirmation of over 200 conservative federal district judges and two conservative Supreme Court justices: Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.
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Barney has always back-patted himself that he is without an equal on the dirt track.
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