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Donald Trump: “You know, a lot of those were paid protesters. You saw that. They're all unhappy because they haven't been paid yet.…”

On the recordOctober 8, 2018
You know, a lot of those were paid protesters. You saw that. They're all unhappy because they haven't been paid yet. I've been calling it. They were paid protesters, that was professionals. That was orchestrated.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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President Trump claimed that the protesters against Kavanaugh were paid professionals.

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