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David Gergen: I think it's just irresponsible to walk away from your party and from responsibilities as the nominee to not sort of…

On the recordSeptember 29, 2016
I think it's just irresponsible to walk away from your party and from responsibilities as the nominee to not sort of give the country serious conversation and stop this nonsense at 3:00 in the morning.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Gergen criticizes the behavior of a political nominee for not engaging in serious conversation and for distracting the public with late-night tweets.

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