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Karine Jean-Pierre: I think it's about the cover-up. I mean, let's not forget back in 2016, Donald Trump won with 46.1 percent of the vote.…

On the recordMarch 8, 2018
I think it's about the cover-up. I mean, let's not forget back in 2016, Donald Trump won with 46.1 percent of the vote. This is after the Access Hollywood tape. And that included conservative Republicans, Independents, Moderate Republicans, and they all went and voted for him. So it's never been about the affair.
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Karine Jean-Pierre

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Jean-Pierre argues that the political implications of the situation revolve around the cover-up rather than the affair itself.

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