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On the recordJune 5, 2017
They actually care about things like jobs, like health care, and like the opioid addiction crisis, which seems like nobody in Washington is caring about, certainly not Donald Trump.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala criticizes Trump for not focusing on issues that matter to voters, suggesting he is more concerned with his own image.

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