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Rick Wilson: “This was done in a panic. The president made a very big bet on the program of being something that the Republican base…”

On the recordJune 19, 2018
This was done in a panic. The president made a very big bet on the program of being something that the Republican base would love and embrace and his allies would get behind him on and it's a bet he lost, he lost it badly.
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Rick Wilson
Liberal Party of Australia

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Rick Wilson describes the executive order signed by President Trump as a reaction to losing support from Republican allies and a political defeat.

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