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Hillary Clinton: These are demonstrably lies. Like he feels compelled to tell them because he has to distract us from the fact he has…

On the recordJune 16, 2016
These are demonstrably lies. Like he feels compelled to tell them because he has to distract us from the fact he has nothing substantive to say.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton accuses Trump of lying about her stance on the Second Amendment to distract from his lack of substantive policy.

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