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Steve Israel: When you have to distract people from that one glaring weakness that you have in your administration, a weakness, by the…

On the recordAugust 16, 2017
When you have to distract people from that one glaring weakness that you have in your administration, a weakness, by the way, that will lose swing voters and maybe part of his base, you've got to force the conversation to your sweet spot.
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Steve Israel
New York

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Steve Israel explains the strategy of distracting from the administration's failures by focusing on divisive issues.

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