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Hillary Clinton: “The sooner I can become the nominee, the sooner we can go after the Republicans full time.”

On the recordApril 13, 2016
The sooner I can become the nominee, the sooner we can go after the Republicans full time.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton expresses her urgency to secure the nomination to focus on the general election.

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