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On the recordOctober 21, 2018
if the President sends a cue that decorum is -- doesn't matter and that -- and uses the kinds of inflammatory language that he does, it has -- it makes a difference.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod comments on how the president's behavior influences the overall decorum and conduct within the country.

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