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...and how about proposing a federal law that says something like --


--------------------- The laws, policies, and rules pertaining to firearms in congressional office buildings and the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., shall be the same as laws, policies, and rules pertaining to firearms in the American state with the least restrictive such laws, policies, and rules. -------------------------


     Last night I saw a little bit of the Lewandowski "Yes, I am a liar" testimony in the House Judiciary Committee on Hardball -- a commentator said one U.S. representative was trying to buttress Mr. Lewandowski's statements and claims...

     Thought -- oh my gosh, it's another word to be added to our list of words that we hardly ever say or write in real life, but you hear them in politics and journalism:  we can add

buttress

to the list which so far includes

taut,

staunch, and

bolster.

Buttress:
noun
any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.

any prop or support


verb (used with object)
to support; prop up

to give encouragement or support to (a person, plan, etc.)

synonyms for buttress
encourage, hearten, support, inspirit, brace, back up, reinforce, shore up


origin of buttress
1350 - 1400; Middle English, butres
Old French (arc) boterez...equivalent to boter - abutment
 (online dictionary)

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