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On the recordMarch 29, 2017
He uses weapons of mass distraction. That's what the Farkas fracas is. It's just a way to distract us.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Paul Begala describes Trump's tactics of distraction in relation to the Evelyn Farkas controversy.

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