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Paul Begala

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Paul Begala is a prominent American political consultant, strategist, and television personality, best known for his role as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been influential in shaping political discourse and strategy in the United States. Begala has also made a name for himself as a commentator on various news networks, where he provides insights on political issues and campaigns.

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Nov 29, 2017

If you leave Republicans in a room with the lights out, they're going to help the rich and CEOs.

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Nov 28, 2017

Or Donald Trump, who had 12 women by name have accused him of harassment. And the American people more voted for Hillary, but still, enough voted for Donald Trump that he could sneak through the Electoral College.

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Nov 28, 2017

When a right-wing white guy allegedly ran down and murdered Heather Higher in Charlottesville, he did not say right-wing white guys are terrorists.

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Nov 28, 2017

I think he's back sliding, right? He did come out almost under the rest and say, OK, President Obama was born in America, period. Now, he's apparently questioning that.

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Oct 25, 2017

It's really popular among Trump voters. A lot of Trump voters are on Medicaid, a lot of Trump voters care a lot about that.

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Oct 25, 2017

WikiLeaks has been described by our own Donald Trump selection to run the CIA, Mike Pompeo, as a nonstate hostile foreign intelligence agency.

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Oct 25, 2017

The FBI has to be credible and nonpolitical. If the FBI looks It's political, that's terrible for law enforcement, terrible for country --

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Oct 24, 2017

If the Russian government has compromising information on my president. That's what I want to know.

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Oct 24, 2017

By the way, during the campaign, 137 times Donald Trump praised WikiLeaks. A 137 times, that's collusion.

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Oct 16, 2017

The senator's critique of the President's foreign policy was just that. So policy, he maybe right, he maybe wrong. But the President -- just say the President's not about ideas.

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Oct 16, 2017

The point here is to honor the troops, not to attack Barack Obama or defend Donald Trump.

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Oct 15, 2017

Our president doesn't have a consistency and commitment to the Puerto Rican people.

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Oct 15, 2017

You can't say he's part of the swamp. It's just not true. He's a reformer and he's an American hero.

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Oct 15, 2017

The last major piece of reform of legislation, we've got sponsored by John McCain.

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Sep 27, 2017

I do think this is a sort of, I don't know Donald Trump, I think this sort of news can shock him, anger him, I'll tell you what he knows, he knows his brand. And this is completely contrary to the brand that got him elected.

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Sep 27, 2017

It's an insult. The bill is a million dollars, he's paying $52,000. Who's picking up the rest? We are. The taxpayers are. Price is (INAUDIBLE) frequent lair miles because -- completely dishonest.

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Sep 26, 2017

The president's support for Judge Moore is going to hurt swing districts and swing states Republicans a lot because they're going to go with them.

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