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Scott Jennings: If you told Donald Trump at the beginning of this year that Democrats were going to control the Senate seat in Alabama…

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
If you told Donald Trump at the beginning of this year that Democrats were going to control the Senate seat in Alabama and your agenda would be imperiled for the remainder of the first half of your first term. Everybody would have said, well, that's crazy. But that's where we are. And that's why the president in my view ultimately has to get involved.
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Scott Jennings

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Scott Jennings discusses the implications of a potential Democratic win in Alabama for President Trump's agenda.

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