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David Axelrod: “If you listen to what both the President and Steve Bannon have said in the last 48 hours, they've essentially declared…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2017
If you listen to what both the President and Steve Bannon have said in the last 48 hours, they've essentially declared war on the news media.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod asserts that the Trump administration's actions indicate a deliberate attack on the media.

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