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On the recordJuly 30, 2017
The leaking is -- the problem is the president of the United States. And it gets all cool to get caught up in the leaking and no one should say this and no one should say that. That happens in every single White House. The problem now, is the behavior of senior leadership and the behavior of the president. If you're dictating a statement that you know is false, you have -- there are moral issues --
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Bakari Sellers
Democratic · South Carolina

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Sellers discusses the issue of leaking information within the White House and criticizes the president's behavior regarding false statements.

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