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Barack Obama: “He believes that instead of helping those that -- there are definitely those in the Republican Party who believe that…”

On the recordJuly 1, 2015
He believes that instead of helping those that -- there are definitely those in the Republican Party who believe that helping those at the very top and hoping that that help trickles down to the rest of the American people -- is a theory that doesn't belong any longer.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz

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