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On the recordJuly 13, 2017
I don't think anybody in the White House is saying thank God we have this Russian spy scandal because, the fact that health care is frozen is not getting, as much attention.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Axelrod argues that the White House is not benefiting from the distraction of the Russian spy scandal.

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