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On the recordApril 24, 2017
The first Republican President Abraham Lincoln said you can fool some of the people some of the time. And that's how Donald Trump got to become president.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala reflects on Trump's electoral success and the perception of him as a con artist.

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