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James Carville: “The level of distrust down here to BP is very, very high. And I don't know, the 93 million, better to put 93 million…”

On the recordSeptember 1, 2010
The level of distrust down here to BP is very, very high. And I don't know, the 93 million, better to put 93 million into helping people out as opposed to these ads.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

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Carville discusses the high level of distrust towards BP and criticizes their spending on advertisements instead of helping affected communities.

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