The tweet itself was just really a repeat of what I heard over the news. I know his house was robbed and I thought that was too bad. That was really just -- that was really not meant as a wise guy tweet.
On the recordAugust 1, 2019
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Trump explains his tweet about Congressman Elijah Cummings' house being robbed, claiming it was meant to express sympathy.
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