On the recordMay 9, 2017
You cannot convince anyone that the reason that the president fired the FBI director is that he was too mean to Hillary.
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transcripts.cnn.comPaul Begala: “You cannot convince anyone that the reason that the president fired the FBI director is that he was too mean to Hillary.”
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Begala argues against the justification given for Trump's firing of Comey, labeling it as absurd.
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