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On the recordJune 15, 2017
The President of the United States has every right to criticize the other two branches of government. I think people find it very refreshing. That they not only understand this president's mind, but they understand how he feels about things. He expresses himself in a unique way.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Pence defends Trump's right to criticize the judiciary after Trump referred to a judge as a 'so-called judge'.

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