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Roger Wicker: “So it wasn't so much an attempt to get one candidate elected over the other. It was knowing there was going to be loser…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
So it wasn't so much an attempt to get one candidate elected over the other. It was knowing there was going to be loser and that relatively half of the population who supported that loser would think their vote hasn't counted.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker discusses the impact of election interference on voter perception.

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