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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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Feb 26, 2018

Why is Donald Trump, a man so tough he says he would rush into a school shooting unarmed, right? Why is he such a wuss and a wimp about Russia? Why? What do the Russians have and maybe it's nothing. Maybe you're right, maybe just nothing…

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Feb 26, 2018

Russia attacked the United States in our election. They did so to benefit Donald Trump. He won't even admit that. Russia continues to try to undermine our democracy.

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Feb 26, 2018

It's so reckless, and it's -- I don't understand. Again, the innocent explanation, I'm waiting to hear one.

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Feb 26, 2018

When a person becomes -- assumes a public office, he becomes a public trust.

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Feb 26, 2018

This is where Mr. Kushner has made a terrible mistake. He is a security risk, not because he doesn't love his country or love his father or his job but because he has these conflicts that he cannot reconcile.

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Feb 26, 2018

Why do you meet with him? The bank says, oh, we were talking about business. Well, you can't do that.

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Feb 21, 2018

If you want to cut down on mass shootings, an assault weapon is built for mass shooting with a high capacity clip.

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Feb 21, 2018

It's a pretty small issue. Yes. He's probably the only person who could do this.

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Feb 21, 2018

the President hasn't said anything. When is the last time when we said that sentence? Donald Trump has been utterly silent about the Manafort case. This is very smart, very smart.

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Feb 21, 2018

If he praises and defends Manafort the way he did with General Kelly for a while, then I think a lot of fair amount of people are going to say, oh he's setting him up for pardon, which even his ally Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator…

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